| 1. | Unstressed short vowels, especially, are deleted in many contexts.
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| 2. | There was more variability in the result of the unstressed vowels.
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| 3. | The number and placement of the unstressed syllables is rather flexible.
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| 4. | There are also alternations between unstressed and and stressed and respectively:
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| 5. | Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is a significant feature of English.
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| 6. | In unstressed syllables, only three vowels,, were distinguished.
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| 7. | The lowest and most central allophones occur in unstressed closed syllables.
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| 8. | Unstressed may become more central if it does not merge with.
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| 9. | *Vowels have lowered variants in closed syllables and when unstressed.
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| 10. | A notable characteristic of Ske is the dropping of unstressed vowels.
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