Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary

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Daniel Jones's English Pronouncing Dictionary is a seminal reference work that systematically documents and standardizes British English pronunciation, particularly the accent known as Received Pronunciation.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf dictionary of English pronunciation
pronouncing dictionary
reference work
aimsTo provide a standard reference for English pronunciation
associatedWith Received Pronunciation
standard British English
author Daniel Jones
contains entries for common and less common English words
information on variant pronunciations
stress patterns for English words
describedAs seminal reference work
documents accent known as Received Pronunciation
field English language reference
applied linguistics
focusesOn British English pronunciation
Received Pronunciation
geographicFocus United Kingdom
hasEdition multiple revised editions
hasImpactOn ELT (English Language Teaching) pronunciation models
broadcast pronunciation standards in the UK
influenced later English pronouncing dictionaries
teaching of English pronunciation worldwide
language English
notableFor codification of Received Pronunciation
systematic treatment of British English pronunciation
provides phonetic transcriptions of English words
purpose to document British English pronunciation
to standardize British English pronunciation
relatedTo English phonetics
English phonology
International Phonetic Alphabet
Received Pronunciation
standardizes pronunciation norms for British English
subject phonetics
phonology
targetAudience advanced learners of English
language teachers
linguists
professional voice users
typeOfPronunciationDescribed educated Southern British English
usedAs model for English pronunciation in many countries
usedBy actors and broadcasters
lexicographers
speech therapists
students of English phonetics
teachers of English pronunciation
usesNotation International Phonetic Alphabet

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RP
Received Pronunciation
codifiedIn
Daniel Jones ("English Pronouncing Dictionary")
Daniel Jones ("An English Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language")
notableWork
Daniel Jones ("English Pronouncing Dictionary")
knownFor
Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary ("English Pronouncing Dictionary")
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