Pronunciation

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" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.^[1]

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Words' pronunciations can be found in reference works such as dictionaries. General-purpose dictionaries typically only include standard pronunciations, but regional or dialectal pronunciations may be found in more specific works.^[2] Orthoepy the study of the pronunciation of a language.^[3]

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,^[4] their ethnic group, their social class, or their education.^[5]

Syllables are combinations of units of sound (phones), for example "goo" has one syllable made up of [g] and [u]. The branch of linguistics which studies these units of sound is phonetics.^[6] 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).^[7]

• Elision
• Elocution
• Epenthesis
• Help:IPA/English — the principal key used in Wikipedia articles to transcribe the pronunciation of English words
• Help:Pronunciation respelling key — a secondary key for pronunciation which mimics English orthography
• Metathesis (linguistics)

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• The dictionary definition of pronunciation at Wiktionary

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