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As a user of the Trask historical book for several years in an American
setting, I can attest to no problems at all with British spelling and no
complaints from students either. I tend to agree that students
<i>should</i> be exposed to variation. As for the choice of
IPA or American transcription, I'd vote for the IPA as a matter of
personal prejudice. When I used to teach French phonetics,
I'd make my students learn those conventions, but, again, they need to
learn the IPA and know that there is some language(-family) variation in
transcription depending on convention. I have stronger feelings
about two transcriptions in the single volume - don't do it!
It will look clunky, potentially cause confusion, and add very little if
anything.<br><br>
With emphasis,<br>
Margaret<br>
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Margaret E. Winters<br>
Associate Provost for Academic Personnel<br>
656 Kirby #4092<br>
Wayne State University<br>
Detroit, MI 48202<br><br>
phone: 313 577-2256<br>
fax: 313 577-5666<br>
e-mail: mewinters@wayne.edu<br>
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