Pronunciation
Template:Short description Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. In American Sign Language, pronunciation describes how a sign is constructed.[1]
This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or all language in a specific dialect—"correct" or "standard" pronunciation—or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.[2]
Words' pronunciations can be found in reference works such as dictionaries. General-purpose dictionaries typically only include standard pronunciations, but regional or dialectal pronunciations may be found in more specific works.[3] Orthoepy is the study of the pronunciation of a language.[4]
A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as: the duration of the cultural exposure of their childhood, the location of their current residence, speech or voice disorders,[5] their ethnic group, their social class, or their education.[6]
Linguistic terminology
Syllables are combinations of units of sound (phones), for example "goo" has one syllable made up of [g] and [u]. The branch of linguistics which studies these units of sound is phonetics.[7] 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).[8]
See also
- Elision
- Elocution
- Epenthesis
- Help:IPA/English — the principal key used in Wikipedia articles to transcribe the pronunciation of English words
- Help:Pronunciation respelling key — a secondary key for pronunciation which mimics English orthography
- Metathesis (linguistics)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sign Language • ASL Dictionary | Handspeak®". www.handspeak.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pronunciation in English | How to better pronounce in English". English EFL. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography, 2016, page 303
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Definition of ORTHOEPY". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beech, John R.; Harding, Leonora; Hilton-Jones, Diana (1993). "Assessment of Articulation and Phonology". In Grunwell, Pam (ed.). Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy. CUP Archive. p. 55. ISBN 0-415-07882-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paulston, Christina Bratt; Tucker, G. Richard (February 14, 2003). "Some Sociolinguistic Principles". In Labov, William (ed.). Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 234–250. ISBN 0-631-22717-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Syllable | Phonology, Prosody, Stress | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schultz, Tanja (June 12, 2006). "Language Characteristics". In Kirchhoff, Katrin (ed.). Multilingual Speech Processing. Elsevier. p. 12. ISBN 0-12-088501-8.
External links
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