EAN: 9783034300599

SYSTEMS FOR THE PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF ENGLI...

This book covers in a systematic way the main systems of phonetic transcription currently used
for English. Unlike other texts in the market  which focus on just one type of transcriptional
model  the book provides theoretical information and full practice for all systems. The
material is divided into seven sections headed by a lengthy introduction to the history and
development of the International Phonetic Alphabet. A set of eighteen samples from real
contemporary colloquial English (British English)  graded in terms of difficulty  follows. The
accent chosen is the one known as RP or BBC English  with some minor concession to other
regional varieties which do not stray dramatically from RP. Different models of representation
are used under three main transcription systems: qualitative  quantitative and mixed. By using
an identical set of texts in ordinary spelling for each system  the reader can constantly check
different ways of transcribing a word or an utterance depending on the model used.

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