Oxford Progressive English Course Book 1 [antikvár]

SOUNDS AND SPELLINGS NOTES ON THE PHONETIC 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 relative length of vowels. Seat and seed are both transcribed with the vowel ibut the vowel in seed is longer than the vowel in seat. In the noun record 'reko:d the vowel o: is shorter than the vowel o: in the verb record ri'koid. The mark ' indicates a stressed syllable. It is placed in front of the stressed syllable: many 'meni, teacher 'ti:tj"s. The mark , indicates 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? wes 'woz it ? Where is it? wear'iz it? The r-sound is used when the word immediately following begins with a vowel sound. A phonetic symbol is in some 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 t]'eind3 or as tjein3.