LETTER A IN UNSTRESSED AND STRESSED SYLLABLES
Khaliqur Rahman
Let's have a look at the words in Group A and Group B.
Group A
about account address
afar ago ally (v)
amiss amount annoy
appear arrive assist
attest atone away
Group B
absolute accent (n) adjective
after agent aggravate
alter ambit anchor
apparatus aristocrat ascertain
atom avid azure
You must have noticed that all the words in Group A and Group B start with letter a. But the difference is that letter a is unstressed in Group A but it is stressed in Group B.
Unstressed letter a, when it is a syllable, as well, is pronounced as schwa, that is, /ə/ or अ (for Hindi speakers). But it is observed that many Hindi and Urdu speakers use the most common
pronunciation of letter a, that is, /e:/ or ए.
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