In phonetics, clipping is the process of shortening the articulation of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel. A clipped vowel is pronounced more quickly than an unclipped vowel, and these clipped vowels are often also 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. Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Articulation may refer to several topics: In speech, linguistics, and communication: Topic-focus articulation Articulation score Place of articulation Manner of articulation In music: Musical articulations (staccato, legato, etc) In education: Articulation (education) In sociology: Articulation (sociology) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Within phonetics, a phone is a speech sound or gesture considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Metre (American spelling: meter) is the rhythm or regular sound-pattern of poetry. ... In phonetics, a voiceless consonant is a consonant that does not have voicing. ...