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vowel reduction
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Japanese Meaning
音声学における現象として、母音が文中の強勢の異なる位置により、音響的性質（ストレス、響き、長さ、大きさ、発音の仕方や位置）の変化を受け、より弱い、もしくは曖昧な発音になる状態。 / 強勢のない音節で母音が中央化し、音が弱くなる現象。
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(phonetics) Any of various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word, and which are perceived as weakening
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vowel reduction
Students of phonetics study vowel reduction to understand how unstressed vowels become weaker and more centralized in casual speech.
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Students of phonetics study vowel reduction to understand how unstressed vowels become weaker and more centralized in casual speech.
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