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	Schwa (art) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Technically a schwa is an indeterminate vowel sound of a syllable not stressed in English, as in the i in levitate.
		For Barker, Schwa is alternately his pseudonym, a fictitious omnipresent corporation, a religion, or a resistance movement against corporate conspiracies and aliens.
		Schwa began in 1992 when Barker, a former advertising art director, was looking for a way to express himself with a single art style when he was given a copy of "The Secret Government", a conspiracy book that tells of aliens controlling the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schwa_(art) (731 words)

	Schwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word "schwa" (pronounced /ʃwɑː/) is from the Hebrew word שְׁוָא (šěwā’, /ʃəˈwaʔ/), meaning "nought"—it originally referred to one of the niqqud vowel points used with the Hebrew alphabet, which looks like a vertical pair of dots under a letter.
		Schwa is the most common vowel sound in English, the unstressed vowel in many unstressed syllables, like the 'a' in about or the 'o' in synonym.
		In the Dutch language, the vowel of the suffix -lijk, as in waarschijnlijk (probably) is pronounced as a schwa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schwa (831 words)

	Schwa
		Schwa (pronounced “shwah”) is a term drawn from Hebrew grammar (“sheva”) that was originally a sign written under a consonant to indicate the absence of a following vowel sound.
		Each of the underlined vowels is a schwa and has virtually the same pronunciation, but for the unwary newcomer to English the spelling gives little indication of the appalling truth.
		Another great schwa pun is the one by Denis Norden in Issue 18 (March 2000), in which he likens a hi-hat to the poetry of Mallarmé.
	www.bikwil.com /Vintage34/Schwa.html (1337 words)

	Schwa in Phonological Theory -- LOT Winter School 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Schwa: an overview of its phonological and phonetic properties; underspecification theory; phonological emptiness; high schwa and low schwa.
		Schwa deletion and schwa epenthesis; problems and advantages for an account in terms of phonological (proper) government for French; epenthesis as rule inversion; an Optimality-Theoretic account.
		Schwa as an underlying vowel; stress behaviour; feature attraction and the ban on emptiness; schwa as a mid vowel; ways to fill the void.
	www.vanoostendorp.nl /fonologie/schwa/schwa.html (358 words)

	SCHWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Also, the e in farmer is not a schwa sound, but rather the "er" designate a "rhotic schwa", which is pronounced like schwa, except the tongue is pulled back in the mouth and "bunched up".
		In the Dutch language, the vowel of the suffix -lijk, as in waarschijnlijk is pronounced as a schwa.
		The schwa symbol is used in Azeri as a letter, representing a front a vowel.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/sc/Schwa.htm (666 words)

	Schwa Albanian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Consequently, schwa has been described as a vowel without target (van Bergem 1994) or as a vowel with an active gesture that is overlapped by the gesture of the following full vowel (Browman and Goldstein 1992) or as a vowel underspecified for tongue position (Bates 1995).
		Given these facts, it is not surprising that schwa, as a phoneme, has an equally exceptional position and that there are cases where the phonemic status of the schwa is not clear at all (as e.g.
		Schwa as a phoneme, however, is canonically restricted to the Tosc varieties (toskërishtja) of Albanian spoken south of the Shkumbin river.
	www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at /moosm/TGMS2002A_schwa_albanisch.html (3709 words)

	schwa \| Antimoon Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Don't try to make a distinction between the schwa sound sound depending on the word but if one pops up, fine (only it shouldn't be noticable unless you pay a heap of attention).
		Yes, schwa is a distinct vowel sound that is not represented by a single letter.
		Schwa represents a vowel but it is not a vowel.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/2003/2995.htm (1006 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The schwa sound is more or less in the middle--the position to which, at least among English speakers, the tongue tends to return in unstressed syllables, or when we're pausing to...
		The word schwa itself comes from the Hebrew shewa, the name for a diacritical mark representing either the absence of a vowel or a neutral, unstressed vowel in that language.
		You can see--and hear--the schwa in its proper place in relation to other English vowels in a nicely done, conventionalized representation of where the different vowels are formed in the mouth in a vowel chart at the Web site of the Linguistics Department of the University of Texas.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=20010406 (538 words)

	A SCHWA BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Bobaljik, J. (1997) `Mostly predictable: Cyclicity and the distribution of schwa in Itelmen'.
		Gussmann, E. (1991) `Schwa and syllabic sonorants in a nonlinear phonology of English'.
		Zonneveld, W. (1993) `Schwa, superheavies, stress and syllables in Dutch'.
	www.vanoostendorp.nl /fonologie/schwabib.htm (1958 words)

	4.03: Street Cred
		This bit of digital data, brought to you by the enigmatic Schwa Corporation, is part of a head-scratchingly bizarre collection of simple fl-and-white screensavers that features flying alien heads, flashing admonishments such as "Turn This Computer Off, It's Not Getting You Any Closer," and a crudely animated Schwa cartoon.
		Each "cleanser" ("now with Boron!") is accompanied by a clanging, sometimes grating, soundtrack; you are advised to choose the image, sound, and cleansing rate "opposite to your mood." Schwa spokespeople claim the cleansers not only purge and refresh your screen, they defragment your head as you watch them.
		Schwa is pushing its nefarious plans for world domination and corporate unity beyond screensavers.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/4.03/streetcred.html?pg=6 (358 words)

	Wired News: Aliens Land on AOL
		Schwa Pyramid, a multiplayer game based on the Schwa Corp.'s images and properties, will launch on 9 March on America Online's WorldPlay gaming area.
		Schwa products are filled with ominous images of lemminglike stick figures and low buildings resembling mazes under a flened sky filled with alien saucers.
		The game looks like you've stepped into a Schwa book, complete with flened skies and strange symbols, and the game play is best described as the children's game of King of the Hill meets Diplomacy, the venerable world-power strategy game.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,10465,00.html (767 words)

	Schwa! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A common misconception is that Schwa is an acronym.
		The word "schwa" has its roots deep in the fascinating study of phonetics.
		The "schwa," represented by an upside-down e, is the neutral vowel sound.
	www.whitman.edu /schwa (139 words)

	Schwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The schwa is the vowel sound in many lightly pronounced unaccented syllables in words of more than one syllable.
		It is sometimes signified by the pronunciation "uh" or symbolized by an upside-down rotated e.
		A schwa sound can be represented by any vowel.
	englishplus.com /grammar/00000383.htm (99 words)

	The Schwa Was Here
		When The Schwa senses that even Antsy is beginning to lose sight of him, he vows to do something that will make him so visible, no one will ever forget him.
		Antsy describes the Schwa perfectly when he meets him: "You couldn't even think about him without losing track of your own thoughts-like even in your head he was somehow becoming invisible." Although the Schwa seems invisible, Antsy feels the same way at home, and the two become great friends.
		The Schwa was here by Neal Shusterman is not only lighthearted, hilarious, and delightful, but it disguises the fact that it is also poignant, insightful and complex.
	book.awardannals.com /detail/0525471820 (1022 words)

	Shadowmarch : The Schwa Has Been Captured
		I've learned all the secrets of the Schwa in what was a few short hours for you.
		And what you have is merely the tiniest fraction of the enormity that is the Schwa - it's like owning a picture of a mountain and saying that you own the mountain...
		Look, I have the Schwa and it took me forever to track the darn think down much less figure out what the heck one is.
	www.shadowmarch.com /bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000021 (515 words)

	Schwa, Perks and Mystery
		You've now pronounced the vowel sound known as a schwa, the first letter of "About" and Occur, the second letter of "sUppose", the fourth and seventh letters of "aftErwArds" and the last letters of "brothER.".
		The schwa is an indeterminate (unstressed, neutral) vowel.
		Schwa arrived in English during the 16th century from the German form of the Hebrew "sh(e)va", which meant emptiness and/or vanity.
	www.bentarz.se /me/102_991104.html (695 words)

	The Abducted FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We realized that those truly dedicated to the work of the Schwa Corporation might want a place to call their own.
		The Schwa Corporation is not responsible for anything, and particularly not any problems connected with your existence.
		Recognizing the value in swallowing the competition, the Schwa Corporation has graciously allowed this element to fester and grow.
	www.hyperreal.org /~handi/abducted.html (350 words)

	The Schwa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The non-alphabetical symbol above is called a schwa.
		It is used on this campus to represent a growing voice that stresses a general respect for the spoken and written word.
		The schwa sound varies, sometimes according to the chosen topic but always according to the sounds surrounding it.
	www.valpo.edu /student/engsoc/schwa.html (67 words)

	schwa - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 17 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word schwa:
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		schwa : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=schwa (143 words)

	Quia - What does the Schwa sound mean?
		Students will identify words with the schwa sound and other vowel sounds.
		See a list of terms used in these activities.
		To learn how to make your own, just like this, click here.
	www.quia.com /jg/8765.html (50 words)

	Schwa - Cross on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		It shows the classic Schwa alien face along with a Christian style cross, and a TV in the centre, read into it what you will.
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	www.flickr.com /photos/somefool/30425454 (112 words)

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