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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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How close are pronunciations /ɕ/ and /x/?
Do you know for sure that the sound has changed from an earlier /ɕ/, or only that it corresponds to /ɕ/ in Mandarin? I ask because /ɕ/ in Mandarin is actually a merger of two older phonemes; it is der …
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Why is "convenient" pronounced with a long e?
The pronunciation of the first E in convenient follows a spelling/sound pattern that arose from a sound change that apparently occurred in Middle English. …
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Is voice really the only difference between [s] and [z]?
As far as I know, the symbols [s] and [z] typically refer to consonants with the same place of articulation, in terms of tongue and lip position (that exact place is different in different languages). …
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/ɹəʊd/ vs /ɹoʊd/ etc
Even if there is a difference between the two accents in the pronunciation of words like coal, the closeness of the different vowels involved would probably make it difficult for you to hear the difference … *As user6726's answer says, the labels chosen for these kinds of transcriptions can be problematic since the transcriptions don't in fact represent "British" or "American" pronunciation as a whole. …
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Is there a voiced-unvoiced pair for R or L in any language?
As leoboiko mentioned, there are languages with voiceless liquids, like Icelandic.
In the IPA, they are simply transcribed with a voicelessness ring diacritic: [r̥] and [l̥].
In Icelandic, these so …
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What is the term for the pronunciation change that occurs with overuse of a phrase or noun p...
It's fairly difficult to formalize rules for the position of stress in English phrases. There can be variability between speakers or depending on the context.
Stronger stress on the initial element …
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Is there a name for the idea of having grammatical rules for the purpose of easy pronunciation?
Sandhi is a pronunciation change caused by contact between words (or morphemes), usually in a way that can be thought of as making the pronunciation "easier" in some way. …
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When did the sounds of 'w' and 'v' change in High German?
This pronunciation of RG [w] reflects an earlier stage of German (i.e. MHG). … Evidently, this voicing process was either reversed, or did not occur for *f in accents ancestral to modern Standard German pronunciation. …
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Is it rare for a language to contain both heterographs and heteronyms?
Depending on how we define the terms, I think heteronyms are quite commonly present in writing systems. Heterographs are also often present to some degree. So I would say no, it is not rare at all for …
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American English speakers needing subtitles more often
I don't think this is due to any linguistic phenomena, just a cultural thing.
I sometimes turn on the subtitles if I'm watching something on my computer using Netflix, but not if I'm watching on the …
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Algorithm for figuring out the pronunciation of a word
That said, I think user6726 is right to say that many spelling–pronunciation pairs that seem unpredictable are not actually completely arbitrary. … There are a number of good books that give an overview of the most common spelling–pronunciation patterns in English (not a comprehensive description), and these patterns cover the pronunciation of most …
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How is the word 'second' phonologically split into syllables?
Wells (originally published in Susan Ramsaran (ed.), Studies in the pronunciation of English, A commemorative volume in honour of A.C. Gimson (London and New York: Routledge, 1990)). …
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AmE feature related to American multiculturalism?
In terms of specific things it might be getting at/related to, there is an interesting answer by Evelyn on the ELL Stack exchange site replying to the question "'-...ory' : Pronunciation difference between …
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What is the correct term for a "lazy L"?
It's called "l-vocalization" (previous related question: Dark L vs L Vocalisation).
A range of sounds can result from it, and because of this and also because of differences in transcriptional practic …
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Are syllable initial consonant clusters pronounced in Ancient Greek?
I would guess that in fact, she is using a pronunciation with less audible release of the initial /p/, while he is giving it more audible release. … For example, "φταίω" is the demotic pronunciation corresponding to the learned πταίω. …
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