Oxford Progressive English Alternative Course - Book D [antikvár]

SOUNDS AND SPELLINGS NOTES ON THE PHONETIC SYMBOLS Values of the phonetic symbols are illustrated on pages v and vi. The mark /: / indicates length, and may alsó indicate a difference in quality. The vowel in sit is short and 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/. The mark /:/ does not indicate the relatíve length of vowels. Seat /sir t/ and seed /sild/' are both transcribed with the symbol /ír/, but the vowel in seed is normally longer than the vowel in seat. In the noun record /'rekord/ the vowel sound /or/ is shorter than the vowel sound /or / in the verb record / r i1 kor d/. The length of a vowel often depends upon the following consonant(s) and the stress. Students who use the English Pronouncing Dictionary of Dr Dániel Jones will find somé small differences in the symbols used for vowel sounds. They are: (In this book)(In D. Jones, Dictionary) a(as in cat)as ar(as in father)a: 0(as in hot)d or (as in bought) d: 01(as in boy)o i es (as in chair) ea iv