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In my research, I present an ongoing analysis of vowel reduction in Bolognese. Vowel reduction is a process by which vowels change due to a change in stress (this is why the 'a' sound in "atom" and "atomic" are different). I explain the vowel reduction patterns and suggest the presence of three ambiguous classes of words that determine the vowel reduction pattern used. These classes may relate to those identified in Saunders (1984) though further research is needed.