Pronunciation
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'''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]]