Are [ə] and [ʌ] different phonemes in American English? (user search)
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« on: October 14, 2012, 05:53:53 PM »

As I understand it, [ə] only exists in unstressed syllables while [ʌ] only exists in stressed syllables, which would mean that there are no minimal pairs. In my own speech, I can't distinguish between the two.
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 08:47:23 PM »

What were these minimal pairs? Also, is /ʌ/ as rare as Wikipedia says it is? I certainly can't think offhand of many languages in which it exists.
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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2012, 10:06:05 AM »

I assume secondary stress is assigned to the second syllable precisely because [ʌ] appears in that position.
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« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2012, 02:48:24 PM »

If secondary stress is determined by the presence of [ʌ], then I suppose it would be tautological to say that it only appears in stressed syllables.
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