over 200 graphs showing pronunciation preferences of British and American speakers, and how these are changing, for words like controversy, either, harass, and garage -based on Professor Wells's unique Pronunciation Preference Poll over the Internet Professor John Wells, author of the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, carried out an extensive Pronunciation Preference Poll in preparation for the new edition and found out that in many cases preferences are changing. pronunciation in the language of origin, as well as English, for words and names from foreign languages The aces - thousands of cities, towns, and rivers in Britain, North America, and Australia, as well as major towns, cities, and rivers in the rest of the world.people - forenames, family names, names of literary, and mythological figures.thousands of proper names, including.more than 5O Spelling-to-sound boxes and 35 Language Panels.stress patterns for thousands of compounds and idioms.recommended pronunciations clearly shown in blue for each word, as well as other pronunciations in common use.To find out more, click on the videocast clips by the author below.

Professor John Wells, holds the Chair of Phonetics in the University of London - a position previously occupied by A C Gimson and, before him, Daniel Jones, who was responsible for establishing the standard IPA system used in English Language Teaching throughout the world.

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