What's the schwa? /ə/ or /r/ ?

2013-02-07 4:48 pm
Some people said that the schwa is /ə/. But why is the phonetic symbol of the word 'cart' is /kɑrt/ in American pronunciation, where the /r/ is the schwa. While /kɑt/ is the phonetic symbol in British pronunciation without the schwa. So I think /r/, rather than /ə/, is the schwa. What do you think is the schwa. Thanks in advance.

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2013-02-07 4:49 pm
✔ 最佳答案
ə is the real chwa, r is just spelling.
2013-02-08 1:55 am
The word "cart" doesn't have schwa in it. Schwa is represented by /ə/, and sounds like "uh". The vowel sound in "cart" is "ar" in American pronunciation and "ah" in British pronunciation. The included r in the American pronunciation indicates the R-coloring, or rhotacization of the vowel, and isn't a schwa.
2013-02-08 12:56 am
There is no schwa sound in standard pronunciations of cart (neither in US nor British English).

The "inverted e" is the symbol for the schwa sound. It's a vowel.

Perhaps you could elaborate in your details as to why you believe there is a schwa sound and give us some additional examples of words that contain the sound you refer to.
2013-02-09 2:23 pm
schwa is common in russian it is located in o or a that is far away from the stressed ponint of word
хOрошо
the capital o is the schwa
go to http://www.forvo.com/word/%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BE/#ru to listen to the 2nd speaker,yes you will hear this it is like a in fathEr it holds the sound of like the E in father.
2013-02-08 12:51 am
/ə/


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