Vowel Weakening and Unstressed Syllable Obscuration in Yoruba English (paperback)In standard spoken English, un stressing reduces otherwise strong vowels to the weak schwa sound or and also makes a syllabic consonant the peak of an unstressed syllable. This work investigated the quality and duration of vowels and syllables found in unstressed positions of words and word groups in Educated Yoruba English (EYE). It also attempted the description of the rhythm of Educated Yoruba English that has been hypothetically observed to be