| Although not represented in the conventional alphabet, schwa is the commonest vowel sound in English. |
| In view of the time required to move to more peripheral vowel positions, tense vowels tend to be peripheral and lax vowels closer to schwa, the neutral or central vowel. |
| This vowel is sometimes informally referred to as schwu in analogy with schwa. |
| This vowel is sometimes informally referred to as schwi in analogy with schwa. |
| But her style is often clumsy, particularly when she discusses generalities, and I was worried by apparently unjustified discrepancies in transcription of schwa. |
| A syllabic consonant may be analyzed phonologically either as just the consonant, or as consisting of an underlying schwa followed by the consonant. |
