Pronunciation Dictionary Study Guide

LONGMAN PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY STUDY GUIDE Clare Fletcher Longman ==: rl Longman Group UK Limited Longman House Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex CM20 W E , England and Associated Companies throughout the world Introduction Part A: Pronunciations and variants Longman Group UK Limited 1990 All rights reserved: no part of this publication may bereproduced stored i n 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 Characters used in phonemic transcription ISBN 582 05386.2 Alternative pronunciations Set in Monophoto Gentury Schoolbook Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay PLC., Bungay Suffolk What pronunciations are given: the layout of entries DIAGNOSTIC EXERCISE ALTERNATIVES AT T H E BEGINNING O F A WORD ALTERNATIVES AT THE END O F A WORD ALTERNATIVES IN THE MIDDLE O F A WORD COMBINATIONS O F ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS INVOLVING T H E SYMBOL QUIZ ON ALTERNATIVESPRONUNCIATIONS Inflected and derived words APPLICATION EXERCISES ON LAYOUT O F ENTRIES ALTERNATIVE PRONUNCIATIONS 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 COMPRESSION INVOLVING A VOWEL CONVERSATION FOR STUDY: SYLLABIC CONSONANTS AND COMPRESSION Part B: Stress in words and phrases Pairs of words with different stress This study guide enables readers to make the best use of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary The dictionary and study guide together a r e a powerful aid to the study of English pronunciation Stress marking PRIMARY STRESS SECONDARY AND PRIMARY STRESS TERTIARY STRESS MIXED PATTERNS WHAT THE S T U D YGUIDE C O N T A I N S 10 Stress shift Discussion of features of English pronunciation shown in the dictionary and explanation of the conventions used to show them Exercises to develop effective use of the dictionary Cross-references to relevant material in the dictionary's introduction and notes Diagnostic exercises in the early sections to enable you to assess your proficiency and select appropriate material Esplicit statements of aims to show the purpose of each exercise A key a t the back of the book for checking the answers to exercises,where these are not immediately obvious from the dictionary 11 Compounds and phrase's 12 Alternative pronunciations with different stress 13 Suffixes Part C: Aspects of pronunciation in the dictionary 14 American pronunciation SIX DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH QUIZZES ON AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION TEXT FOR STUDY: AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION 15.Homophones 16 Abbreviations 17 Names of people and places 18 Assimilation TEXT FOR STUDY: ASSIMILATION 19 Pronunciations derived by rule 20 Incorrect pronunciations ex.76-77 ex The cassette provides three types of material: Illustration of pronunciations you see in the book and dictionary Exercises A means of checking your answers to certain exercises HOW TO USE THE STUDY GUIDE You can work through the guide from beginning to end, or you can plan your own programme to meet your needs Planning a programme Look a t the Contents List Use the diagnostic exercises in the early sections Look a t the aims of sections and of specific exercises Select the sections and exercises which are useful for you 21 Combining forms Key to Exercises vii Using the commentary and exercises It is always helpful to say the pronunciations you are reading to make them clear and to fix them in your memory This may not be possible, for example if you are working in a library But if you are working by yourself, or with others also using the study guide, make a habit of saying the pronunciations Always look up pronunciations in the dictionary when you are told to so In some exercises, the words to look up begin with the same letter, to speed up the search Some exercises involve transcription; you can get further practice by transcribing any of the dialogues and texts in the book and cassette, and these are transcribed in the key a t the back of the book Look up cross-references to the introduction or notes in the dictionary, if you want to take a point further viii ... stress This study guide enables readers to make the best use of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary The dictionary and study guide together a r e a powerful aid to the study of English pronunciation. .. obvious from the dictionary 11 Compounds and phrase's 12 Alternative pronunciations with different stress 13 Suffixes Part C: Aspects of pronunciation in the dictionary 14 American pronunciation. .. QUIZZES ON AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION TEXT FOR STUDY: AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION 15.Homophones 16 Abbreviations 17 Names of people and places 18 Assimilation TEXT FOR STUDY: ASSIMILATION 19 Pronunciations