Schwa
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Schwa
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Schwa is the name for the most common sound
in English. It is a weak, unstressed sound and it occurs in many words. It is
often the sound in grammar words such as articles and prepositions.
Getting the schwa sound correct is a good way of making your pronunciation more
accurate and natural.
The phonemic symbol for this sound is
ə.
In unstressed syllables
Any vowel letter can be pronounced as schwa and the pronunciation of a vowel
letter can change depending on whether the syllable in which it occurs is
stressed or not.
Not just a letter
The sound schwa does not only represent a single letter. In some words it is
the sound of several letters or even a whole syllable.
This is often, but not only, seen in words which have a syllable made up of a
vowel letter followed by the letter 'r'. Remember the schwa sound is only used
if the syllable which it is in is not stressed.