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Dictionary: pro·nun·ci·a·tion   (prə-nŭn'sē-ā'shən) pronunciation
 
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n.
  1. The act or manner of pronouncing words; utterance of speech.
  2. A way of speaking a word, especially a way that is accepted or generally understood.
  3. A graphic representation of the way a word is spoken, using phonetic symbols.

[Middle English, from Old French prononciation, from Latin prōnūntiātiō, prōnūntiātiōn-, from prōnūntiātus, past participle of prōnūntiāre, to pronounce. See pronounce.]

pronunciational pro·nun'ci·a'tion·al adj.
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IN BRIEF: The way a word or a language is customarily spoken.

pronunciation Many words in the English language have more than one correct pronunciation.

 
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"Pronounced" redirects here. For the Lynyrd Skynyrd album commonly referred to as "Pronounced", see (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd).
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"Pronunciation" refers to the way a word or a language is usually spoken, or the manner in which someone utters a word. If someone said to have "correct pronunciation," then it refers to both within a particular dialect.

A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up, the area in which they now live, if they have a speech or voice disorder,[1] their ethnic group, their social class, or their education.[2]

Linguistic terminology

Syllables are counted as units of sound (phones) that they use in their language. The branch of linguistics which studies these units of sound is phonetics. Phones which play the same role are grouped together into classes called phonemes; the study of these is phonemics or phonematics or phonology. Phones as components of articulation are usually described using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).[3] ar:نطق]]

References

  1. ^ Beech, John R.; Harding, Leonora; Hilton-Jones, Diana (1993). Assessment in speech and language therapy. CUP Archive. p. 55. ISBN 0415078822. 
  2. ^ Labov, William (2003). "Some Sociolinguistic Principles". in Paulston, Christina Bratt; Tucker, G. Richard. Sociolinguistics: the essential readings. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 234–250. ISBN 0631227172. 
  3. ^ Schultz, Tanja; Kirchhoff, Katrin (2008). Multilingual speech processing. Academic Press. p. 12. ISBN 0120885018. 

External links

  • Inogolo — American english audio pronunciation guide
  • Sounds Familiar? — Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website
  • Howjsay — Enter a word to hear it spoken. About 100,000 words in British English with alternative pronunciations.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udtale

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitspraak

Français (French)
n. - prononciation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aussprache

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προφορά, τρόπος προφοράς

Italiano (Italian)
pronuncia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pronúncia (f)

Русский (Russian)
произношение

Español (Spanish)
n. - pronunciación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uttal

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发音, 读法

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 發音, 讀法

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발음, 발음하는 법

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 発音, 発音法

idioms:

  • Received Pronunciation    容認発音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نطق الكلمات, لفظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מבטא, הגייה‬

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