The cassette provides three types of material:
A key at the back of the book for checking the answers to exercises, where these are not immediately obvious from the dictionary.
Explicit statements of aims to show the purpose of each exercise.Diagnostic exercises in the early sections to enable you to assess your proficiency and select appropriate material.Cross-references to relevant material in the dictionary's introduction and notes.Exercises to develop effective use of the dictionary.Discussion of features of English pronunciation shown in the dictionary and explanation of the conventions used to show them.The dictionary and study guide together are a powerful aid to the study of English pronunciation. INTRODUCTION This study guide enables readers to make the best use of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Assimilation TEXT FOR STUDY: ASSIMILATION 19. American pronunciation SIX DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH QUIZZES ON AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION TEXT FOR STUDY: AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION 15. Suffixes Part C: Aspects of pronunciation in the dictionary 14. Alternative pronunciations with different stress 13. Stress marking PRIMARY STRESS SECONDARY AND PRIMARY STKKSS TERTIARY STRESS MIXED PATTERNS 10. INFLECTIONS AND DERIVED FORMS Optional sounds SOUNDS SHOWN IN ITALICS: ELISION SOUNDS SHOWN BY RAISED LETTERS: INSERTION CONVERSATION FOR STUDY: OPTIONAL SOUNDS Syllabic consonants Compression COMPRESSION INVOLVING A CONSONANT COM PRESSION INVOLVING A VOWEL CONVERSATION FOR STUDY: SYLLABIC CONSONANTS AND COMPRESSION 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 ALTERNATIVESĪLTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS INVOLVING THE SYMBOL ▪ QUIZ ON ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS Inflected and derived words APPLICATION EXERCISES ON LAYOUT OF ENTRIES. What pronunciations are given: the layout of entries 3. Characters used in phonemic transcription 2. ISBN 6.2 Set in Monophoto Century Schoolbook Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay PLC., Bungay, Suffolk.ĬONTENTS Introduction Part A: Pronunciations and variants 1. © 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.
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