unstressed syllable
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunstressedandsyllable
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unstressed
adjective
uk/ʌnˈstrest/us/ʌnˈstrest/
not feeling worried; feeling relaxed and not ...
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syllable
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/us/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing ...
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(Definition ofunstressedandsyllablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunstressed syllable
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Having any vowel in such a syllable is hence more marked than having a vowel in any otherunstressedsyllable.
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When reductions were made, they were almost always made on targets with more than two syllables, and involved the elimination of anunstressedsyllable.
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The segments of anunstressedsyllableare more coarticulated, forcing subjects to rely more on a syllable representation.
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The theory specifies that theunstressedsyllablefollowing the stressed syllable is optional.
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Comparing the table rows also shows an apparent effect dependence whereby vowel and pause effects are distinguished only after anunstressedsyllable.
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Among the many debated points, the most important here is the fact that a /t/ following anunstressedsyllableas in capital is -apped.
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Rather, the only problem with this candidate is that it has a hightonedunstressedsyllable.
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The test vowel was always a low vowel in the stem-finalunstressedsyllableof the word.
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A metrical foot consists of a stressed syllable followed optionally by anunstressedsyllable.
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This next set of data shows that only the two central vowels are allowed before a rhotic in anunstressedsyllable.
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A supernumeraryunstressedsyllablemay follow the eighth syllable provided that it is contained in the same word.
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If the constraints referred to unstressed syllables, they would be unable to distinguish between (14a) and (14b) since both have one high-toned and one low-tonedunstressedsyllable.
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Given the prevailing stress pattern of nouns, it is advantageous for preceding attributes to end in anunstressedsyllable, as this tends to avoid stress clashes.
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This too eliminates initial /j/ from anunstressedsyllable, just as the development of postvocalic /w/ and /j/ described above eliminates (38).
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Included is a description of the limited set of contrasts in anunstressedsyllableclosed by a rhotic, and a discussion of the asymmetric pattern in restricted harmony.
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These are also the forms where the doubled l is at its most gratuitous, since it creates a string of five letters (-elled) for anunstressedsyllable.
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