Oxford Progressive English Alternative Course - Book B [antikvár]

SOUNDS AND SPELLINGS NOTES ON THE PHONETIG SYMBOLS The mark /: / indicates length. The vowel in sit is short. The vowel in seat is long. There is a difFerence in quality between the vowels in sit and seat. The two words are transcribed /sit/ and /si:t/. This mark does not show the relatíve length of vowels. Seat and seed are both transcribed with the vowel f\i /, but the vowel in seed is longer than the vowel in seat. ín the noun record / 'reko: d/ the vowel /o:f is shorter than the vowel /o: / in the verb record /ri1 ko: d/. The mark /'/ is placed before a syllable with a primary stress: many /'meni/, teacher /'tiltja/. The mark /,/ is placed before a syllable with a secondary stress: examination /ig.zami'neijn/. This word has a secondary stress on the second syllable and a primary stress on the fourth syllable. The asterisk (*) indicates the possibility of r-linking. Compare: Where was it?wea 'woz it? Where is it?wesr 'iz it? The r-sound is used when the word immediately following begins with a vowel sound. A phonetic symbol is in somé cases printed in parenthesis. This indicates that the sound may be omitted. Change is transcribed /tjein(d)3/. This indicates that the word may be pronounced either as /tjeind3/ or as /c!ein'5l-