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The document provides a key to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used for British English, detailing traditional IPA symbols alongside updated symbols proposed by Dr. G. Lindsey in 2019. It includes examples of words for each sound represented by the symbols. The document serves as a reference for understanding phonetic transcription in British English.

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Handout 2 Key to Ipa

The document provides a key to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used for British English, detailing traditional IPA symbols alongside updated symbols proposed by Dr. G. Lindsey in 2019. It includes examples of words for each sound represented by the symbols. The document serves as a reference for understanding phonetic transcription in British English.

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KEY to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet )

symbols for British English

EXAMPLES
STANDARD NAME OF WORDS UPDATED SYMBOLS
(TRADITIONAL) OF THE SYMBOL IN WHICH PROPOSED BY
IPA SYMBOL THE SOUND APPEARS DR G. LINDSEY (2019)
1. ‘i’ + length mark bee, me, read small capital ‘i’ +
i Ǻj ‘j’
2. small capital ‘i’ win, pretty ---

3. ‘e’ red, bread ‘epsilon’
e ǫ
4. ‘ash’ back, land type ‘a’
æ a
5. turned ‘v’ / ‘hut’ such, done, trouble ---

6. script ‘a’+ length mark fast, car, heart ---

7. turned & reversed script ‘a’ gone, wasp open ‘o’
Ǥ
8. open ‘o’ + length mark four, law, board ‘o’ + length mark
 oə
9. ‘upsilon’ sugar, wolf ‘barred’ ‘o’
ȅ
10. ‘u’+ length mark shoe, rude, moon ‘barred’ ‘u’ + ‘w’
u șw
11. reversed ‘epsilon’ + length mark word, burn, bird ‘schwa’ + length
 ǩə mark
12. ‘schwa’ melon, awake, driver ---

13. ‘e’ + small capital ‘i’ lane, day, steak ‘epsilon’ + ‘j’
e ǫj
14. type ‘a’ + small capital ‘i’ ride, style, night script ‘a’/’hut’+
a ǡj~Ȝj small capital ‘i’
15. open ‘o’ ++ small capital ‘i’ voice, boy
 oj
16. type ‘a’ + ‘upsilon’ mouse, drown
a aw
17. ‘schwa’+ ‘upsilon’ bone, boat
 ǩw
18. small capital ‘i’ + ‘schwa’ fear, deer, theory small capital ‘i’+
 Ǻə length mark
19. ‘e’ + ‘schwa’ chair, scare ‘epsilon’ + length
e ǫə mark
20. ‘upsilon’ + ‘schwa’ fury, tourist ‘barred’ ‘o’+
 ȅə length mark

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21. ‘p’ pen, copper, map
p
22. ‘t’ ten,bitten, thyme
t
23. ‘k’ came, blacken, kin
k
24. ‘b’ bin, lobby, robe
b
25. ‘d’ dam, ladder, fed
d
26. ‘g’ gun, foggy, ghost

27. ‘s’ same, classy, mice,
s scent
28. ‘z’ zone, visa, rose
z
29. ‘esh’ shin, nation, mission

30. ‘ezh’ genre, vision, beige

31. ‘f’ toffee, tough, phone
f
32. ‘v’ van, giving, prove
v
33. ‘theta’ think, pathos, youth

34. ‘eth’ then, other, smooth

35. ‘t’ + ‘esh’ chain, lecture, hatch
t
36. ‘d’ + ‘ezh’ jin, legend, edge
d
37. ‘m’ male, tummy, lamb
m
38. ‘n’ nail, skinny, when
n
39. ‘eng’ singer, bank, longer
40. ‘l’ lone, miller, small
l
41. ‘r’ rack, merry
r
42. ‘j’ yet, yoghurt
j
43. ‘w’ wand, whale, squeak
w
44. ‘h’ hen, beehive, whole
h

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