A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English - Hardcover

John Samuel Kenyon; Thomas Albert Knott

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9780877790471: A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877790477 ISBN 13: 9780877790471

Publisher: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1953

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A unique guide to the pronunciation of American English presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Pronunciations are based on conversational usage.

Over 40,000 entries for common words, including historical, literary, and proper names.

Includes variants, inflected forms, and derivative words. Introduction includes IPA, formal vs. informal speech, reginal variations, and more.

Great for ESL students.

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About the Author:

John Samuel Kenyon (1874-1959) was an American linguist. He graduated from Hiram College in 1898 and taught there as a professor of English from 1916 to 1944, when he retired and became an emeritus professor until his death. Together with Thomas A. Knott, he wrote A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English (1944), still regarded as a classic guide to American English pronunciation. Kenyon had also earlier published American Pronunciation (1924) and served as the consulting editor of pronunciation to the second edition of Webster's New International Dictionary in his career as a pioneering expert on the study of American English, which earned him the epithet "the dean of American phoneticians".
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