Production of schwa by Japanese speakers of English : a cross-linguistic study of coarticulatory strategies

The rhythm of English is characterized by the alternation of full and reduced vowels. Current studies on the reduced vowel seem to suggest that schwa may be targetless in F<SUB>2</SUB> (Browman & Goldstein 1992; Recasens 1986; Bergem 1993; Bergem 1994). This implies that there may be...

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Main Author: Kondo, Yuko
Published: University of Edinburgh 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653533