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1. www.merriam-webster.com › assets › mwGuide to Pronunciation - Merriam-Webster

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   Many speakers will insert \ \ after \ \ when it precedes \l\. Additionally, some speakers pronounce \ \ and \i\ identically before \l\, with the result that word pairs like heel and hill are homophones. The sound pronounced in such cases may be either \ \ or \i\ as pronounced by those who distinguish the two. \ e \.

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   A key to understanding the pronunciation of dictionary words. ... This pronunciation key outlines how to pronounce the letters and symbols in these systems, with ...

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   Are the pronunciation symbols in Merriam-Webster's learner's Dictionary IPA?

   • Yes, the pronunciation symbols used in the print and online versions of Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary are from the International Phonetic Alphabet, commonly known as the IPA. For those of you who aren’t sure what the IPA is, it is a universal system of writing words from any language, in order to show exactly how the sounds are pronounced.

   The International Phonetic Alphabet | Britannica Dictionary

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   • YourDictionary provides both written pronunciation guides and audio clips to help you understand how to pronounce unfamiliar words. YourDictionary utilizes symbols from three authoritative sources to create these pronunciation guides: Webster’s New World College Dictionary, the American Heritage Dictionary, and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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   How is Ä pronounced?

   • In U.S. speech \\ä\\ is pronounced with little or no rounding of the lips, and it is fairly long in du-ration, especially before voiced consonants. In southern England \\ä\\ is usually accompanied by some lip rounding and is relatively short in duration. The vowel \\ \\ generally has appreciable lip rounding.

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   How do you pronounce a syllable?

   • Key to Pronunciation Pronunciation Model Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence petal /ˈpɛd (ə)l/ but petally/ˈpɛdl̩.i//. The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that the syllable is pronounced with primary stress.

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   CDP and its descendant, the Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English (Upton & Kretzschmar 2017, hereafter RDP) continue to be key sources for U.S. English, along with American sources such as Merriam-Webster, and the U.S. pronunciations in the pronouncing dictionaries of Wells (2008) and Jones et al. (2011).

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   Merriam Webster Pronunciation Symbols. All pronunciation information is printed between reversed virgules. Pronunciation symbols are printed in roman type and all other information, such as labels and notes, is printed in italics.

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   Diacritics are tags placed above oder below (or sometimes next to) a letter in a word to indicate a extra pronunciation—in consider to accent, tone, otherwise stress—as well as significant, especially when a homograph exists without the marked letter or brief.

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   Are you using the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary? Answer. Yes, the pronunciation symbols used in the print and online versions of Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary are from the International Phonetic Alphabet, commonly known as the IPA.