@inbook{10.3366/j.ctt9qdrqz.14, ISBN = {9780748640737}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt9qdrqz.14}, abstract = {In this brief survey of some of the main uses of phonetic transcription I will try to characterise the kinds of transcriptions employed in terms of the typological distinctions discussed in Chapters 3 and 4, the information they are providing and to whom, and the functions they are performing. I will start with those uses for which little or no knowledge of phonetic theory on the part of users is assumed.There are many different sorts of dictionaries: monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, dictionaries of standard usage, dialect and slang dictionaries, pronouncing dictionaries and specialist technical dictionaries. It is in dictionaries}, bookauthor = {Barry Heselwood}, booktitle = {Phonetic Transcription in Theory and Practice}, pages = {251--264}, publisher = {Edinburgh University Press}, title = {Uses of Phonetic Transcription}, year = {2013} }