English Pronouncing Dictionary

Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman

Cambridge University Press, Apr 24, 1997 - Foreign Language Study - 559 pages

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: English Pronouncing Dictionary
• Editors: Daniel Jones, Peter Roach, James Hartman
• Edition: 15, illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0521459036, 9780521459037
• Length: 559 pages
• Subjects: Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology