English Pronouncing Dictionary with CD-ROM

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Edition: 17th
Format: Paperback w/CD
Pub. Date: 2006-07-24
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This new edition of the classic work by Daniel Jones includes up-to-date entries, new study pages and, on the CD-ROM, spoken British and American pronunciation for EVERY word. The paperback dictionary comes with CD-ROM for windows.

Table of Contents

Editors' preface to the 17th 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(572)
Study Section 573

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