English Pronouncing Dictionary (15th ed.)

Reference librarians will be familiar with earlier editions, published by J.M. Dent & Sons, of this standard and authoritative classic. Professor Jones was directly involved with all editions up to the 12th; A. C. Gibson, his successor as Professor of Phonetics at University College London, was responsible for the next two editions, and this edition has been edited by professors from two of the principal communities that have English as a mother tongue: Peter Roach of the University of Reading and James Hartman of the University of Kansas. Throughout the dictionary the International Phonetic Alphabet, or something very close to...