SYLLABLE-TIMED

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SCHWA = SHWA
Schwa /ə/ is the only phoneme with its own name.
Schwa /ə/ is a typical sound in English.
Schwa /ə/ is always unstressed (weak).
All the vowel letters (a, e, i, o, u) can make the schwa /ə/ sound.
The central vowel /ə/ is the smallest (weakest) English sound.
HISSING (NOISY) SOUNDS sss... zzz... ʃ ʃ ʃ... ʒ ʒ ʒ...
/y/ and /i/ are PHONETICALLY close.
/w/ and /ʊ/ are PHONETICALLY close.
ENGLISH
TONGUE TIP
TONGUE FRONT
TONGUE MID
TONGUE BACK
HARD (FRONT) PALATE
MID PALATE
SOFT (BACK) PALATE
HARD PHONEMES
SOFT PHONEMES
TURKISH
DİL UCU
DİL ÖNÜ
DİL ORTASI
DİL ARKASI
SERT (ÖN) DAMAK
ORTA DAMAK
YUMUŞAK (ARKA) DAMAK
SERT ÜNSÜZLER
YUMUŞAK ÜNSÜZLER
STRESS
THE LAST SYLLABLE
REFLEXIVE
PRONOUNS
himSELF
herSELF
themSELVES
q
u
‘qu’ = /kw/
/k/
/w/