[DOC] [TLE] Schwa - Wikipedia [PAR] In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa (sometimes spelled 
shwa) 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 is a very short neutral vowel sound, and like all other 
vowels, its... [DOC] [TLE] Linguistics 001 -- Pronunciation of English [PAR] 6, FOOT, bush, look, good, 18, MOUTH, pouch, loud, noun ... Short a is tense in 
closed syllables before nasals (man, fan, stand, Dan, etc.) ... One way to indicate 
actual pronunciation is to give some audio examples. .... The vowel symbol 
named "schwa", written with an upside-down letter e -- like this: [] -- is generally 
used in... [DOC] [TLE] Pronunciation Guide - The World of Metamor Keep [PAR] Jan 31, 2007 ... Note: The character symbols on this page are best viewed using ... the English 
phonetic alphabet used by many American dictionaries. 1 ... There is also a 
vowel sound that can be used with any of the written vowels, depending on the 
word. ... Schwa is represented by an inverted e (); examples of its use... [DOC] [TLE] The sound of phonetic symbol upsidedown of - e [PAR] Sep 13, 2010 ... I read somewhere that it sounds like a short - "a" sound. ... It represents the most 
neutral vowel in the English sound system. When we say //,... [DOC] [TLE] 9 Fun Facts About the Schwa | Mental Floss [PAR] May 20, 2014 ... That's why dictionaries and other written guides to pronunciation make use of a ... 
In Hebrew writing, shva is a vowel diacritic that can be written under ... The 
upside down e was first used as a symbol for the schwa sound by Johann ... 
Some languages are syllable-timed, like Spanish, where each syllable... [DOC] [TLE] American English: Vowel Sounds [PAR] The American English vowel sounds are described in terms of (front, central, 
back); ... to learn, using as reference the Merriam-Webster's Learner Dictionary. ... 
Transcription symbols that are generally used to represent the neutral sound are 
... like a triangle without a base (or turned v), and the schwa looks like inverted "e"
. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about SIGNS & SYMBOLS - StudyStack [PAR] ... MEDICAL EMERGENCY, CHOKING. LOOKING LIKE AND INVERTED "e", 
THIS DICTIONARY SYMBOL STANDS FOR A CENTRAL VOWEL SOUND, 
SCHWA. [DOC] [TLE] Phonology - Teachit [PAR] IPA symbols. The sounds of English Vowels Diphthongs Consonants ... For 
example, the red character between these square brackets []should appear as 
schwa (looks like an e upside down). ... Minor headings within sub-sections look 
like this .... This is used in English to represent two consonant sounds, those of k 
and s... [DOC] [TLE] Basic Information About Phonics - Scribd [PAR] Short vowels sound like the first sound in the words apple, egg, it, ox, andup. ... 
whose dictionary symbol (//) resembles an upside-down "e", represents an ..... 
The /a/ vowel sound begins with the LOW/CENTRAL sound // and ends with a 
.... John. behind. general. blanket. please. dear. cigarette. history. look late. take. [DOC] [TLE] The Greek Alphabet [PAR] How close is the sound of Modern Greek to that of Classic Greek? ... Phonetically, 
this sound is: open, central, and unrounded. ... When followed by the vowels [e] 
or [i] it becomes palatalized  for the exact ... swear they pronounce it exactly like 
the English [s], unless forced to admit the difference by looking at spectrograms. [DOC] [TLE] Wells: Orthographic diacritics - UCL Phonetics and Linguistics [PAR] You should be able to see accented letters on your screen here:

Question: Looking like an inverted "e", this dictionary symbol stands for a central vowel sound
Answer: Schwa