Enigmas of the English Alphabet

<p>This book provides an easy-to-understand guide to the peculiarities of English Pronunciation and Spelling. It was created for students of English as a Second Language. </p><p><br></p><p>It represents each different vocalic sound in the word itself by using a few diacritic symbols. This approach helps to understand the sound of a word directly as it is written and avoids the need to learn it separately using a completely different set of symbols such as the International Phonetic Alphabet which contains more than 150 characters. </p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Finalist!</strong></p>