Pronunciation Symbols. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996

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The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.

A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.

Pronunciation Symbols

A list of the pronunciation symbols used in this book is given here in the column headed Symbols. Next to each symbol, in the column headed Examples, is a word or words chosen to illustrate how the symbol is pronounced. The letters that correspond in sound to the symbols are printed in boldface type.

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Symbols	Examples
	pat
	pay
âr	care
ä	father
b	bib
ch	church
d	deed, milled
	pet
	bee
f	fife, phase,
	rough
g	gag
h	hat
	pit
	pie, by
îr	pier
j	judge
k	kick, cat, pique
l	lid, needle
m	mum
n	no, sudden
ng	thing
	pot
	toe
ô	caught, paw
oi	noise
	took
	boot
ou	out
p	pop
r	roar
s	sauce
sh	ship, dish
t	tight, stopped
th	thin
th	this
	cut
ûr	urge, term, firm
v	valve
w	with
y	yes
z	zebra, xylem
zh	vision, pleasure,
	garage
	about, edible,
	circus
r	butter
Stress
Primary stress (´)	global
	(gl’bl)
Secondary stress (´´)	globalize
	(gl’blz´´)

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