Oxford Progressive English for Adult Learners II. [antikvár]

SOUNDS AND SPELLINGSNOTES ON THE PHONETIC SYMBOLSThe mark : indicates length. The vowe! in sit is short. The vowei in seat is long. There is a difference in quality between the voweis in sit and seat. The two words are transeribed slt and si :t. This mark does not show the relatíve length of voweis. Seat and seed are both transeribed with the vowcl Ibut the vowel in seed is longer than the vowcl in seat. In the noun record 'rekoid the vowel o: is shorter than the vowcl o: in the verb record ri'kord.The mark ' indicates a stressed syllable. It is placed in front of the stressed syllable: many 'meni, teacher 'ti:tja.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?wea 'woz it?Where is it?wear Mz it?The r-sound is used vvhen the word immediately following begins with a vowel sound. *A phonetic symbol is in somé cases printed in parentheses. This indicates that the sound may be omitted. Change is transeribed tjeln(d)3. This indicates that the word may be pronounced either as tjeind3 or as tjeinj.vn