In addition, there are authoritative statements on controversial words recording the preferences of a panel of specialists and special treatment of affixes and combining forms which reflect their pronunciation in different phonetic environments and their effects on stress. The pronunciation is divided into syllables and special attention is drawn to words which are, or are not, pronounced alike. Each word is shown with its recommended pronunciation, while alternative pronunciations in common use are given in lighter type. The alphabet of the International Phonetic Association is used. Pronunciation shown covers Received Pronunciation and General American assumes a modernized version of RP and also includes a number of British English near-RP forms. Both British and American varieties are covered. The words included cover not only ordinary and technical vocabulary, but also proper names, placenames, family names, personal names, names from literature and mythology and names of companies and commercial products. Short usage notes throughout the dictionary draw attention to possible pitfalls and to aspects of pronunciation which often present problems for learners of the language. In the introduction, the author discusses the general features of spoken English and discusses trends in speech. The Longman Pronunciation Dictionary is designed to reflect English as it is spoken.Speak as much French as you can, and don't worry about your pronunciation.Accompanying listening tapes provide models for exceptionally thorough work on pronunciation, stress, and intonation.It seems likely that a considerable amount of valuable new research on pronunciation will grow out of the study of discourse.The differences among these dialects, which mainly involved pronunciation, were similar to differences among dialects in the present-day United States.What about the differences in pronunciation between the casual and the emphatic styles?.The pupil can also record his voice, to check his pronunciation.Gianni has problems with his grammar but his pronunciation is very good.A word, or perhaps just a certain pronunciation of a word, may not be contained in the lexicon.

This means that they are able to retrieve the appropriate pronunciation of a word as a whole from the speech output lexicon.

S3 noun 1 SL the way in which a language or a particular word is pronounced pronunciation of Do you know the correct pronunciation of these Gaelic names? 2 SL a particular person’s way of pronouncing a word or words Examples from the Corpus pronunciation.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Linguistics pronunciation pro‧nun‧ci‧a‧tion / prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃ ən /

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