Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

American English Pronunciation

Reduction

What is Reduction?
It’s the music of American English.

The rhythm of American English is based on stress patterns.
You alternate between stressed and unstressed syllables.

Stressed syllable: full vowel sound
Unstressed syllable: reduced /ә/

Schwa /ә/ is the most common
vowel sound in English.

Now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
What is Reduction?

1. 

What kind of words do we normally reduce?

2. 

When you say a syllable louder, longer, stronger...that's ________.

3. 

Which word is a content word?

4. 

Which word is a content word?

5. 

Which word is a structure word?

6. 

What kind of words do we normally stress?

7. 

When you say a syllable softer and quieter, that's________.

8. 

Which word is a structure word?

9. 

Which word is a content word?

10. 

Which word is a structure word?

11. 

What are structure words?

12. 

What are content words?

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