| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
accent
,
accent mark
|
| letter, pronunciation sign added to a |
accent
,
diacritic
|
| mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
acute
,
acute accent
,
ague
|
| aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech |
articulation
|
| pronunciation, clarity and distinctness of |
articulation
,
diction
,
elocution
,
enunciation
|
| pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound |
assibilation
,
sibilation
|
| mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
diacritic
,
diacritical mark
|
| pronunciation mark over or under letter |
diacritical mark
|
| dots, two, over adjacent vowels for separate pronunciation |
dieresis
|
| two dots over second of two vowels to indicate separate pronunciation |
dieresis
|
| slur in pronunciation |
elide
|
| pronunciation, omission of initial or final sound in |
elision
|
| letter dropped at beginning or end in pronunciation |
elision
|
| sound in pronunciation, omission of final |
elision
|
| pronunciation of a word, insertion of a sound in the |
epenthesis
|
| insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier |
epenthesis
|
| pronunciation, agreeable |
euphony
|
| mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
grave
,
grave accent
|
| diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation |
hacek
,
wedge
|
| two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. `bow') |
heteronym
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