1. Pronunciation
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Pronunciation refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm, and intonation of a word in a spoken language. 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, theirsocial class, or their education.[2]
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1 Linguistic terminology
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
[edit]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]
[edit]See also
Wikipedia:IPA for English — the principal key used in Wikipedia articles to transcribe the
pronunciation of English words
Wikipedia:Pronunciation respelling key — a secondary key for pronunciation, which
mimics English orthography
Wikipedia:United States dictionary transcription — another secondary key, more familiar
to users of traditional US dictionaries
Wiktionary:Pronunciation - entries in the English Wiktionary may contain a Pronunciation
section
[edit]References

2. 1. ^ Beech, John R.; Harding, Leonora; Hilton-Jones, Diana (1993). Assessment in speech
and language therapy. CUP Archive. p. 55.ISBN 0-415-07882-2.
2. ^ Labov, William (2003). "Some Sociolinguistic Principles". In Paulston, Christina Bratt;
Tucker, G. Richard. Sociolinguistics: the essential readings. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 234–
250. ISBN 0-631-22717-2.
3. ^ Schultz, Tanja; Kirchhoff, Katrin (2008). Multilingual speech processing. Academic
Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-12-088501-8.
[edit]External links
Forvo — All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers. See also Forvo.
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. Over 146,133 words in British English with
alternative pronunciations.
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