Vowel Weakening and Unstressed Syllable Obscuration in Yoruba English
Adenike Akinjobi
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Vowel Weakening and Unstressed Syllable Obscuration in Yoruba English

Yoruba(Nigerian)English

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In standard spoken English, unstressing reduces otherwise strong vowels to the weak schwa sound / / or / / and also makes a syllabic consonant the peak of an unstressed syllable. This work investigated the quality and duration of vowels and syllables found in unstressed positions of words and word groups in Educated Yoruba English (EYE). It also attempted the description of the rhythm of Educated Yoruba English that has been hypothetically observed to be different from that of Standard English.The findings of the perceptual and acoustic analyses confirm a preponderance of strong vowels and a s...