This thesis presents a nonlinear analysis of the vowel schwa [a] in English with the application of Underspecification Theory, Feature Geometry Theory, Syllable Structure Theory and Lexical Phonology Theory, which provides insights into the underlying inventory of English vowels.
本文应用不充分赋值理论、音段结构理论、音节结构理论和词库音系学理论对英语中非重读央元音[(?)]的底层表达及推导过程进行了探讨,并从中发现英语元音系统中存在一个空音段。
In this sentence, the vowel sound become reduced to a central vowel.
此句中这个元音弱化为中元音。
Research on the Causes of the Weakening and Even Disappearance of Short Vowels in Mongolian;
现代蒙古语短元音弱化以至脱落原因分析
Most English vowel sounds which are not given weight in speech become reduced to a rather formless central vowel.
在言语中不重读的英语元音大部分被弱化成无形的中元音。
To change(a vowel) by umlaut.
变换元音通过元音变化改变（一个元音）
An orinasal speech sound, such as a French nasal vowel.
一种鼻音化元音语音，比如法国鼻元音
a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable; a weak stress on the second syllable.
以短元音结尾的音节是轻音节；第二个音节上的弱重音。
This vowel diphthongized in Germanic.
在德语中这个元音双重元音化了。
The typical pattern is to reduce the second syllable.
双音节单词中弱化的一般是第二个音节。
The Sound Erosion of "Ge" and Phono-syntactic Conspiracy in Henan Dialects
河南方言中“个”的弱化与音系-句法协同
A change in a vowel sound caused by partial assimilation especially to a vowel or semivowel occurring in the following syllable.
元音变化尤指因与下一音节的元音或半元音的部分相似而引起的元音变化
Overseas Chinese Music, A Result of the Fusion of Multiple Musical Cultures
多元音乐文化的融合——海外华人音乐
The Principle of Rhyme Classification in Q ieyun(切韵) and Phonemicized Reconstruction;
《切韵》元音分韵的假设和音位化构拟
The change, especially an umlaut, that is caused in a sound by its assimilation to another sound.
元音变化，变音由于一个音被另一个音词化而导致的变化，尤其是元音的变化
Pronounced with both nasal and oral passages open.
鼻音化元音的发音时鼻腔和口腔同时张开的
The tone value is not only weakened, but also the phoneme of syllables is c hanged.
临沂方言的轻声不仅调值弱化,其音节中的音素也发生了变化。
una corda pedal
(钢琴的)弱音踏板
The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the symphony.
该交响曲结束部分各节中的弦乐全为弱化音.
The string is mute throughout the closing bar of the symphony.
该交响曲结束部分各节中的弦乐全为弱化音。