Clipping (phonetics) 1950506 183813302 2008-01-12T09:58:00Z Kwamikagami 93143 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] In [[phonetics]], '''clipping''' is the process of shortening the [[articulation]] of a [[Phone|phonetic segment]], usually a [[vowel]]. A '''clipped vowel''' is pronounced more quickly than an unclipped vowel, and these clipped vowels are often also [[Reduced vowel|reduced]]. In English, clipping without vowel reduction most often occurs in a [[stressed syllable]] before a [[voiceless consonant]], and clipping with vowel reduction occurs in many unstressed syllables. ==See also== * [[Aphesis]] * [[Clipping (morphology)]] * [[Syncope]] * [[Vowel reduction]] [[Category:Phonetics]] {{phonetics-stub}} [[br:Troc'hadur (yezhoniezh)]] [[ca:Afèresi]] [[es:Aféresis (fonética)]] [[gl:Aférese (lingüística)]] [[pt:Aférese]]