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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)Set of symbols intended as a universal system for transcribing speech sounds. The promulgation and updating of the IPA has been a principal aim of the International Phonetic Association (Association Phonétique Internationale), founded in Paris in 1886. The first IPA chart was published in 1888. IPA symbols are based on an extended version of the Latin alphabet, with modifications of some letters and the use of additional symbols, some of which had been used in earlier phonetic alphabets. Diacritics are used primarily to show various kinds of secondary articulation. International Phonetic Alphabet [‚in·tər¦nah·ən·əl phə¦ned·ik ′al·fə‚bet] (linguistics) A phonetic transcription system the purpose of which is to represent with graphic symbols the distinctive sounds of human speech, regardless of language.
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Marquart does not use the International Phonetic Alphabet in her discussion on vowels, perhaps because the novice singer would be unfamiliar with it. ``I find that dialect work for me is like music - it's just picking up different styles of music,'' said Woods, who is fluent in the International Phonetic Alphabet, which allows her to distinguish where people were raised based on word pronunciations. It also offers the best in etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet. |
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