A number of special phonetic symbols occur in the Ling 115 web pages. They are encoded using the Unicode standard, which requires two things to function:

• a Unicode-compatible browser, such as Internet Explorer (for Windows but not Macintosh) or Safari (for Macintosh OS X); or Firefox for a range of platforms.
• a Unicode font such as Arial Unicode MS (for Windows, supplied as part of Microsoft Office) or Lucida Grande (included with Macintosh OS X). Some Unicode fonts, such as Lucida Sans Unicode, do not have complete coverage of the phonetic characters used in this course. If you don't already have an appropriate Unicode font, download and install a free font such as Doulos SIL or Gentium.

If your system meets these requirements, you should see a variety of phonetic symbols below.

[ðɪs 'sɛntn̩s ɪz 'ɹɪtn̩ wɪθ fə'nɛɾɪk 'sɪmbl̩z]

Also verify that your browser correctly displays the list of phonetic symbols.

If you don't see phonetic symbols, even after installing one of the fonts mentioned above, see this page or this one for assistance.