Mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English. Symbol (?) used to represent an unstressed neutral vowel and, in some systems of phonetic transcription, a stressed mid-central vowel.
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "SCHWA," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/schwa/ (accessed February 2, 2023).
