31.2210, FYI: Free Webinar: What’s in a Pronunciation? British and U.S. Transcription Models in the OED

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Subject: 31.2210, FYI: Free Webinar: What’s in a Pronunciation? British and U.S. Transcription Models in the OED

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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:27:40
From: OED Team [oed.uk at oup.com]
Subject: Free Webinar: What’s in a Pronunciation? British and U.S. Transcription Models in the OED

 
When: Wed 15 July 2020, 15:00-16:00 BST (UTC+1)
Book your place: 
http://tiny.cc/OEDpronunciation

The Oxford English Dictionary has given transcriptions for British English
pronunciations since its inception in the late 19th century, with U.S. English
pronunciations following at the end of the 20th century. In the 21st (since
2015), these transcriptions have been complemented by audio which allows users
to hear an example of the pronunciation spoken aloud, but the written form
remains fundamental. 

OED’s transcription models are largely phonemic representations of the way
that “standard English” is spoken in Britain and the United States, avoiding
strongly regionally or socially marked forms. OED’s models for British and
U.S. English are used to transcribe pronunciations for each dictionary entry
in a systematic way, leaving room to reflect variation both at the phonemic
and to some degree at the phonetic level.   

Join Dr Catherine Sangster, Executive Editor: Pronunciations for Oxford
Languages at Oxford University Press, and Dr Matthew Moreland, freelance
pronunciation editor and Phonetics Lecturer at the University of East Anglia,
for an interactive online presentation in which they will trace the evolution
of OED’s pronunciation models, discuss their scope, and explore their current
and future state. 

 This session will cover:
- A focus on the unique challenges of developing pronunciation models within
the OED’s broader lexicographical remit
- The range of linguistic variation which these models can encompass
- Q&A time – bring your questions to the panellists, or send them in advance
to oed.uk at oup.com 

Who is this for?
- Linguists
- Lexicographers
- Sociolinguists
- Phoneticians
- Researchers using dictionary data

This webinar will be recorded and will be made available for viewing after the
live session. All registrants will be notified.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Discipline of Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Language Documentation
                     Lexicography
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Translation





 



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