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English pronouncing dictionary / Daniel Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Daniel, 1881-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- English language--Pronunciation--Dictionaries.
- English language--Pronunciation.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 559 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fifteenth edition / edited by Peter Roach & James Hartman ; pronunciation associate, Jane Setter.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- A major new edition of the classic guide to English pronunciation: *Over 18, 000 new entries added *Full coverage of North American pronunciation *New, clearer layout *Stress patterns of thousands of compounds and idioms Areas of coverage have been selected to reflect today's interests and needs, and, as well as general vocabulary, include: *People: from ancient times to people in the news today *Places: thousands of British and US place names as well as major towns and cities of the world *Science and technology: including computing, medicine and communications * Literature: authors, place names and characters from major works of literature *Encyclopedic: religions, philosophies, historic events All pronunciations use the International Phonetic Alphabet.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Everyman's English pronouncing dictionary. 14th ed. 1977.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xviii-xix).
- ISBN:
- 0521452724
- 0521459036
- OCLC:
- 37141159
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