Recent sociolinguistic studies show substantial differences between the solutions offered in pronouncing dictionaries and the data of interviews and observations. This situation casts doubt on the correctness of the procedure for the adoption of solutions of the dictionaries. The article critically analyzed...

There is less difference between versions of English phoneme /l/ [ ] and [l] than between Russian [l] and [l']. While adopting English words Russian native speakers can perceive English [ ] close to the Russian [l] and pronounce an English word in Russian with [l], but also they can perceive [ ] not...