Occurs in unstressed syllables

• The "e" sound in "the," e.g
• One of two in Canada?
• Vowel sound at either end of "America"
• School with American vowel sound?
• The "a" sound in "about"
• Neutral vowel
• Beginning or end of "Athena"
• Unstressed syllable was tricky, children admitted
• Stress-free character seemingly calm, having walked away initially

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In linguistics , specifically phonetics and phonology , schwa ( or rarely ) (sometimes spelled shwa ) refers to the mid central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle of the vowel chart , denoted by the IPA symbol , or another vowel sound close ...