0 the weak vowel sound in some syllables that is not emphasized, such as the first syllable of "about" and the second syllable of "given", or the ə symbol that represents this sound
The best way to elicit a schwa is to direct attention away from it and on to the stressed syllable of the word.
We find greater tip raising before both types of schwa, indicating light \l\ before schwa and dark \l\ in coda position.
The innovative variants are used by the younger non-professional speakers, especially females, who use more of the open schwa-like pronunciations.
The preservation of schwa in a converging phonological system.
This is consistent with the idea that for at least these speakers there is a phonological difference between the two schwas.
When utterances are cited, this method of transcribing the original schwas has been retained.
These manipulated recordings were then presented to a second population (44 listeners), who heard what sounded like a schwa vowel pronounced with varying pitch.
Following all other vowels (the high vowels and diphthongal offglides), a historical final \r\ appears as a final schwa.
