As to the transcription o f the American English vowels and
some consonants they are indicated by different symbols. H ow
ever, the transcription symbols given in «А Pronouncing Diction
ary o f American English» by John S. Kenyon and Thomas A.
Knott (Springfield, Mass., 1953) and in «А Concise Pronouncing
Dictionary of British and American English» by J. Windsor Lewis
(London, Oxford Univ. Press, 1972) are used in this book as well.
They resemble the symbols o f the narrow form o f transcription.
1.5. PHONOLOGY AND ITS RELATION TO
OTHER BRANCHES OF LINGUISTICS
The description of a language includes its pronunciation, vo
cabulary and the construction of utterances. An adequate description
o f a language system requires its pronunciation to be divided into
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