tailieunhanh - Pronunciation dictionary

This study guide enables readers to make the best use of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. The dictionary and study guide together are a powerful aid to the study of English pronunciation. Discussion of features of English pronunciation shown in the dictionary and explanation of the conventions used to show them. | LONGMAN PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY STUDY GUIDE Clare Fletcher Longman 1 Longman Group UK Limited Longman House, Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. © Longman Group UK Limited 1990 All rights reserved: no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Publishers. ISBN 0 582 Set in Monophoto Century Schoolbook Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay PLC., Bungay, Suffolk. 2 CONTENTS Introduction Part A: Pronunciations and variants 1. Characters used in phonemic transcription 2. What pronunciations are given: the layout of entries 3. Alternative pronunciations DIAGNOSTIC EXERCISE ALTERNATIVES AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD ALTERNATIVES AT TH E END OF A WORD ALTERNATIVES IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORD COMBINATIONS OF ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS INVOLVING THE SYMBOL ▪ QUIZ ON ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS 4. Inflected and derived words APPLICATION EXERCISES ON LAYOUT OF ENTRIES. ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS. INFLECTIONS AND DERIVED FORMS 5. Optional sounds SOUNDS SHOWN IN ITALICS: ELISION SOUNDS SHOWN BY RAISED LETTERS: INSERTION CONVERSATION FOR STUDY: OPTIONAL SOUNDS 6. Syllabic consonants 7. Compression COMPRESSION INVOLVING A CONSONANT COM PRESSION INVOLVING A VOWEL CONVERSATION FOR STUDY: SYLLABIC CONSONANTS AND COMPRESSION Part B: Stress in words and phrases 8. Pairs of words with different stress 9. Stress marking PRIMARY STRESS SECONDARY AND PRIMARY STKKSS TERTIARY STRESS MIXED PATTERNS 10. Stress shift 11. Compounds and phrases 12. Alternative pronunciations with different stress 13. Suffixes Part C: Aspects of pronunciation .