The relative pronoun " that " is usually pronounced with a reduced vowel ( schwa ), and hence differently from the demonstrative " that " ( see Weak and strong forms in English ).
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Thus, it is a reduced vowel used to represent, in this case, the more abrupt imperative of a'pe guttural'verb . Gareth Hughes 18 : 22, 26 July 2006 ( UTC)
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Besides the 20 basic vowel spellings, Rollings ( 2004 ) has a reduced vowel category ( representing the sounds ) and a miscellaneous category ( representing the sounds and + V, + V, V + V ).
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A word that illustrates the contrast is " chauvinism ", where the first " i " may be regarded as an instance of the reduced vowel [ h ], and the second as unreduced.
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Other phonologists consider them to be separate vowels and use separate symbols for transcribing them : ? for the vowel in " sum " and schwa for the reduced vowel at the end of " sofa ".
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Consonant clusters are limited to two consonants, apart from a possible additional, with the maximum syllable being CCCVC; reduced vowels between consonants are analyzed as by Meland & Meland :'crossing over','rotten '.
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Two different types of variation can be distinguished; the older use of a " long " vowel for " i, y, o " ( and their variants ); and more recent variations in the value of the reduced vowel.
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Based on men's reports of their own speech, as well as prescriptive advice for language use, men's language is thought of as using fewer polite forms, distinct pronouns and sentence-final particles, and some reduced vowels.
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Bolinger ( 1986 ) observes that a preceding voiceless stop is likely to retain its phonotactical constraints, a consonant between a full and a reduced vowel generally belongs to the syllable with the full vowel, whereas a consonant between two reduced vowels belongs to the preceding syllable.
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Bolinger ( 1986 ) observes that a preceding voiceless stop is likely to retain its phonotactical constraints, a consonant between a full and a reduced vowel generally belongs to the syllable with the full vowel, whereas a consonant between two reduced vowels belongs to the preceding syllable.
