Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary,9780521017121

Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary

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Edition: 16th
ISBN13: 9780521017121
ISBN10: 0521017122
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-21
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Updated edition with 200 new information panels, colour headwords and unique CD-ROM. With more than 80,000 entries and 220,000 pronunciations, Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is the ultimate guide to English pronunciation. Thousands of pronunciations not shown in general dictionaries are included, from people and places, to words from science, technology and literature, such as Beckham, Eminem, Google, Prozac. A version with CD-ROM is also available.

Table of Contents

Editors' preface to the 16th edition iv
Introduction v
Part 1: Introduction to the English Pronouncing Dictionary
v
What is the English Pronouncing Dictionary?
v
Whose pronunciation is represented?
v
How are the pronunciations chosen?
vi
Regional accents
vi
Pronunciation of foreign words
vi
Usage notes
vii
Syllable divisions
vii
Part 2: Principles of transcription
viii
The phoneme principle
viii
Vowels and diphthongs
viii
Consonants
x
Non-English sounds
xi
Stress
xii
Syllable divisions
xiii
Assimilation
xiii
Treatment of /r/
xiv
Use of /i/ and /u/
xiv
Syllabic consonants
xiv
Optional sounds
xv
Elision
xv
Part 3: Explanatory notes
xvi
References in introduction xviii
List of recommended reading xviii
The International Phonetic Alphabet xx
Index of Information Panels xxi
The dictionary 1

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