A major new edition of the classic guide to English pronunciation:
*Over 18, 000 new entries added *Full coverage of North American
pronunciation *New, clearer layout *Stress patterns of thousands of
compounds and idioms Areas of coverage have been selected to reflect
today's interests and needs, and, as well as general vocabulary,
include: *People: from ancient times to people in the news today
*Places: thousands of British and US place names as well as major towns
and cities of the world *Science and technology: including computing,
medicine and communications * Literature: authors, place names and
characters from major works of literature *Encyclopedic: religions,
philosophies, historic events All pronunciations use the International
Phonetic Alphabet.