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Igor Facchini

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Open access Oct 2026

The Pronunciation of the Schwa An Acoustic Analysis of Gender Inclusivity in Spoken Italian

In Italian, the schwa has spread to encode gender beyond the binary, yet /ə/ is not part of the standard phonemic inventory. This study addresses the recurring unpronounceability argument by focusing on acoustic vowel distance. Drawing on 10 interpreters’ production of words containing the mid-central vowel (/ə/; n=205...

Igor Facchini, Valeria Galimberti · 0 citations

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