| 翻訳と辞書 |
Schwa
In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa () (sometimes spelled shwa)〔Oxford English Dictionary, under "schwa".〕 refers to the mid-central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the middle of the vowel chart, denoted by the IPA symbol , or another vowel sound close to that position. An example in English is the vowel sound in the 'a' of the word 'about'. Schwa in English is mainly found in unstressed positions, but in some other languages it occurs more frequently as a stressed vowel.
In relation to certain languages, the name "schwa" and the symbol may be used for some other unstressed and toneless neutral vowel, not necessarily mid-central.
==Etymology==
The word ''schwa'' is from the Hebrew word ' ( , classical pronunciation: ' (:ʃəˈwa)), designating the Hebrew niqqud vowel sign shva (two vertical dots written beneath a letter), which in Modern Hebrew indicates either the phoneme or the complete absence of a vowel. (The Hebrew shva is also sometimes transliterated using the schwa symbol ə, even though the schwa vowel is not representative either of the modern Hebrew pronunciation of shva or of earlier pronunciations; see Tiberian vocalization → Mobile Shwa.) The term was introduced into European linguistics by Jacob Grimm in the early 19th century, so the spelling ''sch'' is German in origin. It was first used in English texts between 1890 and 1895.
The symbol was first used by Schmeller for the reduced vowel at the end of German ''Gabe''. Ellis, in his ''palæotype alphabet'', used it for the similar English sound in ''but''.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Schwa」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|