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192:/i/ 'be', /ɪ/ 'pity' (both vowels), /e/ 'rate', /ɛ/ 'yet', /æ/ 'sang', /ɑ/ 'ah, far', /a/ 'bath' (for those who distinguish this vowel from both /æ/ and /ɑ/), /ɒ/ 'watch', /ɔ/ 'jaw, gorge', /o/ 'go', /ʊ/ 'full', /u/ 'tooth', stressed /ɝ/ and reduced /ɚ/ 'further' (rhotic accent), /ɜ/ and /ə/ 'further' (non-rhotic accent, also non-rhotic /ɜr/ 'furry', /ər/ 'flattery'), stressed /ʌ/ and reduced /ə/ 'custom, above', /aɪ/ 'while', /aʊ/ 'how', /ɔɪ/ 'toy', /ju/ 'using', /ɪu/ 'fuse' (some accents, otherwise /ju/), /ᵻ/ '-ed' (some accents). 146:(1961), but to no avail, since none of the publishers Artin approached, including the Merriam company, thought it profitable to publish a new edition of the dictionary. After 40 years since its publication, the pronouncing dictionary was still considered the "only major pronouncing dictionary of this century to appear in the United States" according to linguistics historian Arthur J. Bronstein. 203:/r/ has minimal effect on a preceding vowel, compared to some dictionary transcriptions. Sequences, some only before another vowel, are /ɪr, er, ɛr, ær, ər, ɑr, ɒr, ɔr, ʊr, aɪr, ɪʊr, jʊr/, and in some accents /ʌr, ɜr/. 200:
Consonants are routine. Deviations from strict IPA are /r/ 'rate' and /hw/ 'while', as well as the lack of tie bars on /tʃ/, /dʒ/. /j/ has its standard IPA value. /m, n, l/ may be marked as syllabic.
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Bronstein, Arthur J. (1986). "The History of Pronunciation in English-Language Dictionaries". In Hartmann, Reinhard (ed.).
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in open syllables in most American accents, is represented by the single symbol ⟨
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The Story of Webster's Third: Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics
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pronunciations of words, using symbols largely corresponding to those of the
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Edward Artin, who succeeded Kenyon as the pronunciation editor of
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Vowels are distinguished by quality rather than by length.
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Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, Daniel Jones
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Kenyon and Knott
John Samuel Kenyon
G. & C. Merriam Company
G. & C. Merriam Company
John Samuel Kenyon
Thomas A. Knott
phonemic
General American
IPA
English Pronouncing Dictionary
Daniel Jones
Webster's Dictionary
Webster's Third
broad transcription
diphthong
Taiwan
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, Daniel Jones
ISBN
0-52155869-7
doi
10.1075/sihols.40.04bro
ISBN
90-2724523-1
Kenyon, John S.
A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English
ISBN
0-87779-047-7
A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English at Archive.org
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1944 non-fiction books

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