- 135,000 pronuncaitions of words in both British & American English
- over 200 graphs showing pronunciaiton preferences of British & American speakers
- stress patterns for thousands of compounds & idioms
- more than 50 Spelling-to-sound boxes and 35 Language Panels
- thousands of proper names
- pronunciation in the lanugage of origin as well as English
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John Wells is Emeritus Professor of Phonetics at University College London and is the former holder of the Daniel Jones Chair of Phonetics at the Univeristy of London. His interests centre on the phonetic and phonological description of languages but also extend to lexicography and language teaching. He directs UCL’s annual Summer Course in English Phonetics. He is a frequent contributor to BBC radio (R2, R4, R5, BBC English). Based in Britain at UCL throughout his career, he has over the years given invited lectures in many different countries throughout the world. His best known publications are Accents of English (3 vols, Cambridge University Press 1982) and Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (Pearson Education, third edition 2008).
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By C. X. Linton-Willoughby
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Format:Paperback
If, like me, you are struggling with phonemic spelling, this dictionary is an absolute must.
The fully-searchable CD produces the spoken word in both British and American English.
The fully-searchable CD produces the spoken word in both British and American English.
By ekaterina
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The CD that goes with the book is incompatible with Mac – that's a huge drawback. Otherwise it's a great dictionary.
Format:Paperback
very good book for learning the international phonetic alphabet (i.p.a. for short).
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In today's world of global English, is there still an agreed standard of pronunciation?
Professor John Wells, author of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, carried out an extensive Pronunciation Preference Poll in preparation for the new edition and found out that in many cases preferences are changing. To find out more, click on the videocast clips by the author below.
from the website:
In today's world of global English, is there still an agreed standard of pronunciation?
Professor John Wells, author of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, carried out an extensive Pronunciation Preference Poll in preparation for the new edition and found out that in many cases preferences are changing. To find out more, click on the videocast clips by the author below.
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