Pronunciation 192281 220863933 2008-06-21T23:49:34Z 4Russeteer 5847015 links {{selfref|For pronunciation on Wikipedia, see [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation)]].}} {{wiktionary|pronunciation}} '''Pronunciation''' refers to: * the way a word or a [[language]] is usually spoken * the manner in which someone utters a word 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 disorder|speech]] or [[List of voice disorders|voice disorder]] #their [[ethnic group]] #their [[social class]] #their [[education]] == Linguistic terminology == People are counted as units of sound ([[phone]]s) 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 [[phoneme]]s; the study of these is phonemics or phonematics or [[phonology]]. == See also == * [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] - [[notation]]al standard for the [[phonetic representation]] of all languages * [[Language]] * [[English pronunciation]] * [[List of words of disputed pronunciation]] * [[Mispronunciation]] * [[Initial-stress-derived noun]] * [[Back-chaining]] ==External links== * [http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/ Sounds Familiar?] — Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website * [http://www.howjsay.com Howjsay] — Enter a word to hear it spoken. About 100,000 words in British English with alternative pronunciations. [[Category:Phonetics]] [[ar:نطق]] [[ca:Pronunciació]] [[cs:Výslovnost]] [[de:Aussprache]] [[es:Pronunciación]] [[eo:Prononco]] [[fr:Prononciation]] [[ko:발음]] [[id:Pelafalan]] [[is:Framburður]] [[he:הגייה]] [[kn:ಉಚ್ಛಾರಣೆ]] [[li:Oetsjpraok]] [[mk:Изговор]] [[nl:Uitspraak (taal)]] [[ja:発音]] [[no:Uttale]] [[pl:Wymowa]] [[pt:Pronúncia]] [[ro:Pronunţie]] [[ru:Произношение]] [[simple:Pronunciation]] [[sq:Shqiptimi]] [[sl:Izgovarjava]] [[sv:Uttal]] [[vi:Phát âm]] [[uk:Вимова]] [[zh:讀音]]