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Meaning of "unstressed syllables"

unstressed syllables - in linguistics and poetry, unstressed syllables refer to syllables that are pronounced with less emphasis or prominence than stressed syllables. They often have a shorter or more relaxed pronunciation, contributing to the rhythm, meter, and structure of spoken or written language

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unstressed syllables
Vocalic variants occur only in unstressed syllables.
Unstressed syllables have short vowels.
Shortening of long vowels in unstressed syllables occurs irregularly.
Unstressed syllables are all others.
Fully closed initial unstressed syllables are always short.
That caused a steady erosion of vowels in unstressed syllables.
Each foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
It is also more common in unstressed syllables.
The loss of unstressed syllables made these verses seem denser and more emphatic.
Shortening of long vowels in unstressed syllables.
The patterns of unstressed syllables vary significantly in the alliterative traditions of different Germanic languages.
Schwa only occurs in unstressed syllables.
And unstressed syllables so that you can get the rhythm of American English.
Back is much rarer in unstressed syllables.
Unstressed syllables are undifferentiated from non-stressed syllables except in their intensity.

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The distribution of short vowels in unstressed syllables is a little complicated.
This rhythm is often described as a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Note that the developments in unstressed syllables were both simpler and less predictable.
Understands that the schwa sound is only found in unstressed syllables.
Mark all of the stressed and unstressed syllables above each line in the poem.
The fixation of the stress led to sound changes in unstressed syllables.
This is due to the loss of unstressed syllables associated with East Anglian speakers.
This produced many lexical and grammatical alternations between stressed and unstressed syllables.
It occurs only in unstressed syllables.
The Sami languages have a trochaic pattern of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
The difference between stressed and unstressed syllables in French is less marked than in English.
This can also occur elsewhere, particularly in unstressed syllables.
In fast speech, vowels in unstressed syllables are frequently dropped.
Because of the unstressed nature of / ə / the merger occurs only in unstressed syllables.
Vowel mergers in unstressed syllables are extensive, but not written.
In each line, one unstressed syllable may be replaced with two unstressed syllables.
Stressed syllables are pronounced longer, but unstressed syllables ( syllables between stresses ) are shortened.
It is not known, for instance, whether vowel harmony equally affects unstressed syllables.
It is commonly found in unstressed syllables.
A stressed syllable may be longer, louder, or higher pitched than nearby unstressed syllables.
Word rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a sequence of words.
Stressed and utterance-final syllables were excluded because they differ in duration from unstressed syllables.
In particular, long vowels are used less often in unstressed syllables than stressed syllables.
It is often considered a complementary allophone together with, but which can not occur in unstressed syllables.
Unlike typical Western poetry, however, the number of unstressed syllables could vary somewhat.
A stressed syllable will typically be pronounced with a higher pitch, intensity, and length than unstressed syllables.
The vowel / ə / only occurs in unstressed syllables.
Like Catalan and German, Portuguese uses vowel quality to contrast stressed syllables with unstressed syllables.
The vowel / ə / is restricted to unstressed syllables.
In non-pharyngealised environments, the open vowel / a / is in stressed syllables and or in unstressed syllables.
In Italian, the vowels noted e and o in spelling are pronounced and in unstressed syllables.
Thus, meter in English usually consists of counting out stressed and unstressed syllables.
In KS, both are spelt with -th because they are in final unstressed syllables.
Use the slash symbol “ / ” above stressed syllables and the letter X above unstressed syllables.
The / i / in closed syllables is somewhat lower than the / i / in unstressed syllables.

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