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vowel
reduction
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
vowel reductions
)
(
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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