longman online dictionary with phonetics

The former provide a wealth of information on a variety of phonetic issues, from 'Abbreviations' to 'Weak forms' the latter contain the much needed summary advice on common grapho-phonemic correspondences of English. ' panels that start each letter section in the printed version do not appear here.

4) asserts that it 'contains all the entries in the printed book and much more,' it should be noted that the eighty-seven 'information' panels and the twenty-six 'Pronouncing the letter. CEPD main screen Summary of main CEPD structures and functionsĪccording to the help file, CEPD on CD-ROM 'is the complete electronic version of this classic English pronunciation guide.' Though the CD-ROM's User's Guide (p. Considering that it is the first ever pronouncing dictionary of English to appear on CD-ROM, this is clearly a remarkable achievement. It has great quality audio recordings of all headwords (available in either British or American accent, depending on the localization version), displays clear and accurate IPA transcription (of both British and American pronunciation), and offers fully functional electronic enhancements such as Voice Recording, Exercises, QUICKfind and Sound Search. The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (CEPD see Figure 1 for main screen) on CD-ROM is a remarkable achievement in electronic phono-lexicography, and this is not only because it is the first of its kind. Their authority, founded by the epoch-making English Pronouncing Dictionary (EPD 1917) by Daniel Jones, is only matched by that of the (desk-size) general learner's dictionaries of English released by such respectable publishers as Longman, Oxford or-indeed-Cambridge. Pronouncing dictionaries are not only teaching/learning resources par excellence in the world of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), but are also regarded as being among the most often used and highly regarded aids at the advanced levels of EFL proficiency and pedagogy. See for further information on Unicode and IPA symbols.) On the Macintosh platform please use either Safari or Firefox. To read the phonetic symbols in this article, your browser requires a Unicode font containing the IPA subset. GBP 19.73 from .uk (book+CD), $375.00 USD Network Version Windows 95, 166 MHz Pentium, 32 MB RAM, 140 MB available disk space, sound card, speakers or headphones, microphone

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Longman online dictionary with phonetics