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This website was created to help people improve their American English pronunciation. At the core is a series of videos explaining in detail how each sound is created, as well as a blog.

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Unstressed Syllables: Reduced Vowels

This entry is in response to a question I received via email. It deals with a variation on the schwa that also exists as a reduced vowel.  The paper referenced in this post can be downloaded here.  It is a paper by Edward Flemming from MIT and Stephanie Johnson from Stanford.

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