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An informal term referring to the verbalized form of words specific to a language. Can also refer to particular individual's pronunciation, as in an accent or a pathology, or a specific speech event, as in a mispronunciation.

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Does word order and word choice influence how a word is pronounced?

This question is about connected speech: Here is an comprehensive introduction to it from one Keith Taylor, an English teacher: eslbase_connected speech A look at assimilation, elision, delayed plosi …
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Is pronouncing loanwords according to their "native" pronunciation stigmatised across most c...

Question: Is pronouncing loanwords according to their "native" pronunciation stigmatised across most cultures and languages? This is a leading question. … Finally, no question about pronunciation can be answered "across all cultures". …
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Native English speakers: worse understanding of other accents?

"Wa gwaan, people?" :) [clue: Jamaican patois] (I know, this is not just an accent, it is patois but it helps to make my point about exposure and experience.) I heard this in a TV series with Jamaican …
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