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From: olivier@austin.ibm.com (Olivier Cremel)
Subject: Re: Catalan /@/
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 22:04:52 GMT
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References: <3fc05h$cir@gordon.enea.se>,<D2IoyD.2EAz@austin.ibm.com> <1995Jan18.113939.265@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw>
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In article <1995Jan18.113939.265@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw>, tim@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw writes:
> In Article <D2IoyD.2EAz@austin.ibm.com>
> olivier@austin.ibm.com (Olivier Cremel) writes:
> >In article <1995Jan15.234340.19796@midway.uchicago.edu>, deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff) writes:
> >(...) 
> >> On a similar note, Mallorcan has a stressed phoneme [@], distinct 
> >> from [a] and [e].
> >
> >Just curious, how do you stress a schwa ?
> 
> You say "cup".

There is no schwa in "cup". Schwa is used to note an unstressed vowel. As soon
as you stress it, it's not a schwa anymore.

-- 
Olivier.
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