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Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Field is the open ground used for outdoor games and sports, or the area of play in various contests.

Detailed Definition
Field enters poetry as a expansive emblem of the open arena and the natural ground of competition. In literary tradition it represents the space of the contest. Poets use the field to explore themes of the marked boundaries, the players upon it, and the cultural image of the field that has framed the poetry of the team, the hunt, and the battle.
Example
Example in poetry:
The field of play or of battle appears in poems as the open ground that receives every contest; Verse of sport and war alike uses the unmarked or marked expanse for the meeting of forces; “They took the field as if taking the next chapter of a common story” illustrates collective entry; Educational examples present the space as the necessary condition of every outdoor game; Poets keep the field when the action must have room to unfold under an open sky.
Additional Notes
The field, as the open ground of play or battle, supplies poets with the most general and flexible image of the place where forces meet. The word’s agricultural and military histories enrich its sporting uses. Instructors may invite students to notice when the field is marked and when it remains unbounded. Related spaces include the pitch, the arena, and the lists. The image is especially useful when the poet needs room for the action to unfold under an open sky.
Other Meanings of “field”
Also Known As
Open Space Grassland Athletic Ground
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