Re: OT: Foreign Language Books using IPA

>> But my real question is this: Does anyone know of a textbook on learning a
>> foreign language (any will do, really) that uses the IPA rather than
>> pseudo-English?
Two that come immediately to mind are _Teach Yourself Catalan_ by Alan
Yates, and _Grammar of Contemporary Bulgarian_ by Kjetil Rå Hauge. Both are,
in my opinion, excellent resources. _Colloquial Albanian_ by Isa Zymberi
does use IPA, but not entirely accurately. _Icelandic_ by Stefán Einarsson
uses IPA (and boy do you need it with Icelandic), though I'm not sure how
highly I'd recommend it...ah, yes, _Beginner's Lithuanian_ by Leonardas
Dambriunas, though it doesn't have IPA per se, does have very complete
descriptions using accurate phonetic terminology. William Radice's _Teach
Yourself Bengali_ transcriptions come close enough to IPA that it probably
belongs in this list as well.

There may be a few more in my collection that I've missed--my bookshelf is
in complete disarray at the moment--but I hope that's helpful. :)

-Josh

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Josh Brandt-Young <vionau@...>
"After the tempest I behold, once more, the weasel."
(Mispronunciation of Ancient Greek)

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