KEY TO PHONETIC SYMBOLS
The following gives a guide to the symbols which are most commonly used throughout the volume. Symbols not included here are chapter-specific, and are explained (with keywords) in the chapters in which they appear.
| /p/ | as in pick, leap |
| /b/ | as in break, bark |
| /t/ | as in tea, taste |
| /d/ | as in dog, wide |
| /k/ | as in king, cupboard |
| /f/ | as in find, laugh |
| /s/ | as in sleep, pass |
| /z/ | as in zest, laze |
| /θ/ | as in think, teeth |
| /ð/ | as in there, breathe |
| /∫/ | as in ship, fish |
| /ʒ/ | as in leisure, pleasure |
| /h/ | as in history, hope |
| /m/ | as in make, ham |
| /n/ | as in noise, pin |
| /ŋ/ | as in ring, think |
| /r/ | as in rattle, wriggle |
| /l/ | as in listen, fall |
| /tʃ/ | as in chirp, fetch |
| /dʒ/ | as in judge, jam |
| /w/ | as in water, wait |
| /j/ | as in yellow, young |
| /χ/ | as in loch |
| /iː/ | as in bead, feet |
| /I/ | as in fit, intend |
| /ε/ | as in set, bend |
| /æ/ | as in cat, pattern |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Oxford History of the English Language.
Contributors: Lynda Mugglestone - Editor.
Publisher: Oxford University Press.
Place of publication: Oxford, England.
Publication year: 2006.
Page number: x.
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