"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things."

Flora Lewis

Finding out about pronunciation

Many dictionaries represent pronunciation using the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
From this you can find out about the sounds that make up a word and how it is stressed.
! It is useful to spend some time learning the IPA symbols so that you can make use of pronunciations shown in dictionaries.

IPA Symbols

Task 5. Underline the syllable in these words and compounds which you think has main stress.
EXAMPLE repudiate
1. tortuous
2. methylated spirits
3. flabbergasted
4. symbiosis
5. subterranean
6. decompression chamber
7. pistachio
8. glitterati
9. debutante
10. repetitive strain injury
11. rotisserie
12. idiolect

Published in Guidelines for Phonetics
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