The Most Practical and Useful
Guide to Everyday American Pronunciation
NTC's Dictionary of American
English Pronunciation is an alphabetical listing of over 22,000 of the most frequently
used words in American English, each transcribed in an easy-to-learn set of International
Phonetic Alphabet symbols. A detailed introductory section provides important information
about all of the sounds of American English. Instructions are provided for producing each
sound with the help of a native speaker or an audio cassette.
Among the other special
features of NTC's Dictionary of American English Pronunciation are the following:
- Different pronunciations
are provided for words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently when they
represent different parts of speech.
- Each word is transcribed in
one realistic and acceptable pronunciation, avoiding lists of regional and social
variants.
- Transcribed entries are
divided into speech syllables rather than spelling syllables.
- Primary or secondary stress
is marked before each stressed syllable.
NTC's Dictionary of American
English Pronunciation is ideal for teachers and learners of English as a second or
foreign language; native speakers of American English who wish to change ethnic, regional,
or social dialects; persons with significantly defective speech sound production or
hearing impairment; and students of phonetics who wish to learn to read and write broad
phonetic transcription, using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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