English Pronouncing Dictionary with CD-ROM
by Daniel Jones , Edited by Peter Roach , James Hartman , Jane SetterEdition: 16th
Format: Multimedia
Pub. Date: 2003-06-23
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. PLEASE NOTE: This CD-ROM is not compatible with Windows Vista. Please see the new 17th edition for a Vista-compatible version (ISBN: 9780521680875)
Table of Contents
| Editors' preface to the 16th edition | p. iv |
| Introduction | p. v |
| Introduction to the English Pronouncing Dictionary | p. v |
| What is the English Pronouncing Dictionary? | p. v |
| Whose pronunciation is represented? | p. v |
| How are the pronunciations chosen? | p. vi |
| Regional accents | p. vi |
| Pronunciation of foreign words | p. vi |
| Usage notes | p. vii |
| Syllable divisions | p. vii |
| Principles of transcription | p. viii |
| The phoneme principle | p. viii |
| Vowels and diphthongs | p. viii |
| Consonants | p. x |
| Non-English sounds | p. xi |
| Stress | p. xii |
| Syllable divisions | p. xiii |
| Assimilation | p. xiii |
| Treatment of /r/ | p. xiv |
| Use of /i/ and /u/ | p. xiv |
| Syllabic consonants | p. xiv |
| Optional sounds | p. xv |
| Elision | p. xv |
| Explanatory notes | p. xvi |
| References in introduction | p. xviii |
| List of recommended reading | p. xviii |
| The International Phonetic Alphabet | p. xx |
| Index of Information Panels | p. xxi |
| The dictionary | p. 1 |
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