pronunciation guide
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pronunciation
noun[C or U]
uk/prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
how words ...
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guide
noun[C]
uk/ɡaɪd/us/ɡaɪd/
a book that gives you the most important information about a ...
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(Definition ofpronunciationandguidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is no need to print the words pre-slurred in apronunciationguide.
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Participants either received thepronunciationguideor did not and received one of two lists.
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Once again, participants either received the instructions alone or along with thepronunciationguide.
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It is debatable whether exposure to 'wrong' spellings in apronunciationguideimpairs later spelling ability but this practice should minimise any such effect.
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What sort ofpronunciationguide, then, would be most useful for children and language learners?
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A fullpronunciationguideis not needed for the names in this novel.
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There is also apronunciationguideat the beginning of the book.
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Editors of dictionaries have, of course, to choose some variety of the language as the basis for their pronunciation guides.
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This is the practice, for example, of all current dictionaries in their pronunciation guides.
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Apronunciationguidewill also be included.
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It investigated how far one could get with pronunciation guides using the conventions of ordinary spelling, and explored the interpretation children would naturally give to different letter sequences.
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Our everyday speech needs no pushing to slur words - we naturally slur our pronunciation even when it is taken from the most formal of pronunciation guides.
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A second question is how learners can remember the spellings of words, if their auditory memories are given pronunciation guides so consistently distant visually from orthodox spelling.
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On the other hand, long words and strings of letters are also difficult for learners to read and those words in 'colloquial' pronunciation guides can go on and on.
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The pronunciation guides that follow are for practice only; the correct sounds can only be learned by practice from a teacher or an audio media.
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A phonemic spelling for beginners and dictionary pronunciation guides forms a base that then modifies.
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Shakespeare pronunciation guides list both pronunciations as acceptable.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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