Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect (“correct pronunciation”), or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.
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, their ethnic group, their social class, or their education.
Pronunciation means how we say words. Most people speak the dialect of standard English with an accent that belongs to the part of the country they come from or live in. Learners of British English commonly hear RP (received pronunciation), which is an accent often used on the BBC and other news media and in some course materials for language learners, but it is also common to hear a variety of regional accents of English from across the world.
How we use spoken stress and rhythm is also an important part of pronunciation. For example, it is important to know which syllables in a word are stressed and how different patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables are pronounced. There are also common patterns of intonation in English which enable us to give special emphasis to particular words, phrases and sentences.
Pronunciation is the act or manner of speaking a word.
For a variety of reasons, many words in English are not pronounced the way they are spelled, and some sounds can be represented by more than one combination of letters. Consider, for instance, that the words does, was, and fuzz all rhyme with one another.
Pronounciation and Spelling
Orthography refers to the conventions of spelling in a given language. In English, of course, many words are not spelled how they sound. Writers, playwrights, and others have commented on orthography in English and how it relates to the sometimes odd spelling of words in the language.
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Pronunciation
Pronunciation
(Grammar) (meaning) (Usage)
- (stress)
Table window
Money father
Brother country
Pencil student
Etc. etc.
- (stress)
Hotel canal
Police cadet
Arcade encase
Etc. etc.
- (Prefix) (prefix)
Admit
Deny
Prepare
Arrive
unwise
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Expense
Belong
Success
Etc.
2)
Property
Illustrate
Fertilize
Healthiness
Advertise
Handkerchief
Saxophone
Murderer
(a)
Committee
Abandon
Already
Examine
Convenient
Convention
Promotion
Etc.
(b)
Contribute
Accomplish
Envelop
Attribute
Develop
Inhuman
Grammarian
Etc.
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Philosophy
Democracy
Photographer
Credulity
Corruptible
Unquestionable
Unmannerly
Speedometer
Etc.
4)
Orientation
Organization
Defensible
Deformation
Popularize
Gratification
Excellency
Comparative
Suffocation
Etc.
Dictionary
5) (Noun) (Verb)
Noun Verb
Present Present
Detail detail
Import import
Export export
Permit permit
Object object
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Progress progress
Contest contest
Record record
Contract contract
Subject subject
Produce produce
Survey survey
Pronounce pronounce
Protest protest
Contrast contrast
Discount Discount
Extract extract
Reprint reprint
Etc.
Contract report
Dispute process
Interview purchase
- C O, U
Call , Cold, cut
Can, Could, Coin
Olympic, picnic
Act, nick,
C
Per cent, Accident
City cypress, cycle
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CC
Account Accord
Acclaim Accomplice
Accent Vaccine
Chair Cheap
Echo
Ache
Epoch
Chaos
Chirst
Chemist
Anchor
Stomach
Architect
Archaic
Cholera
Technical
Technique
Character
School
Technology
Qu.
Equal
Liquid
Conquest
Cheque
Unique
Opaque
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Mosquito
Liquor
Queue
Th
Think, Thank, Thin, Thing
2)
That, This, Those, Then, They
(Silent Consonant)
B
Bomb
Lamb
Comb
Dumb
Limb
Climb
Succumb
Plumber
Remember
Debt
Doubt
Subtle
T
Castle
Listen
Fasten
Whistle
Hasten
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Wrestle
Postpone
Often
Soften
G
Campaign
Paradigm
Foreign
Assign
Sovereign
Gnat
Signature
Resignation
Signify
Signal
W
Write
Wrist
Wrap
Wrong
Wreath
Wring
Wrestle
Wrinkle
Answer
Sword
D
Wednesday
Handkerchief
Handsome
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K
Know
Knee
Knife
Knot
Kneel
Knob
Knight
Knock
Etc.
L alk, -alf, -alm
Chalk
Calm
Half
N mn
Autumn
Column
Damn
Condemn
Solemn
N n
Columnist
Condemnation
P
Psychology
Pneomonia
Psalm