Outside of the UK, the research found that the Spanish island of Ibiza was the most difficult place names outside if the UK. Also making the top five is Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, the Icelandic ...

It did not start off like this - over time, the phonetic alphabet has evolved. The phonetic alphabet is a system created by the NATO allies in the 1950s that would be intelligible and ...

Assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, it introduces students to the fundamental concepts in phonetic science, and equips them with the essential skills needed for recognizing, describing and ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The aim of phonetic transcription is to represent the sounds of speech on paper. This book surveys the history of attempts to represent ...