DIE ZEICHEN DER LAUTSCHRIFT

Die Transkriptionen geben in der Regel die Aussprache wieder, die von Sprecher(inne)n der modernen
britischen Standardaussprache (RP = Received Pronunciation) mehrheitlich benutzt wird.
[V] cut [kVt]
[æ] fat [fæt]
[e] let [let]
[E] about [E¡baÜt]
[I] fit [fIt]
[i] happy [¡hæpi]
[Ä] lot [lÄt]
[Ü] good [gÜd]
[u] manual [¡mænjuEl]
[Å2] far [fÅ2]
[i2] see [si2]
[C2] law [lC2]
[‰2] first [f‰2st]
[u2] too [tu2]
[aI] light [laIt]
[eI] late [leIt]
[CI] boy [bCI]
[aÜ] now [naÜ]
[EÜ] no [nEÜ]
[eE] fair [feE]
[IE] dear [dIE]
[ÜE] tour [tÜE]
[s] so [sEÜ]
[z] zone [zEÜn]
[0] think [0INk]
[∂] though [∂EÜ]
[∫] show [∫EÜ]
[3] measure [¡me3E]
[t∫] cheese [t∫i2z]
[d3] jet [d3et]
[j] yet [jet]
[f] fine [faIn]
[v] vine [vaIn]
[w] wine [waIn]
[N] sing [sIN]
Das Zeichen [¡] steht vor der Silbe, auf der die Hauptbetonung liegt:
welfare [¡welfeE] – welfare state [welfeE ¡steIt]
Downing Street [¡daÜnIN stri2t] – one-way street [wVn weI ¡stri2t]