单词 | orthoepist |
释义 | orthoepistn.adj. Linguistics. An expert in orthoepy; a person who studies the pronunciation of words; spec. (historical) any of a group of 16th- and 17th-century writers who sought to establish a standard pronunciation of English and usually to reform the spelling system in accordance with it. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > person orthoepist1640 phonologist1818 phonetician1845 phonetist1862 phonologer1864 phoneticist1893 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [adjective] orthoepic1677 orthoepical1735 phonologic1846 orthoepist1972 1640 S. Daines Orthoepia Anglicana 6 I, according to our moderne and most commendable Orthoepiists, somewhat imitates the sound of the Latin Ei dipthong (though not altogether so full) as it is usually pronounced. 1791 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. (at cited word) Orthoepist,..one who is skilled in Orthöepy. 1796 S. Jones (title) Sheridan improved. A general pronouncing and explanatory dictionary of the English language:..the discordances of that celebrated orthoepist being avoided, and his improprieties corrected. 1807 W. Dunlap Father of Only Child iii. 45 A good grammarian, excellent orthoëpist, thorough Latinist, and finished Grecian. 1861 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 8 376 A great disagreement prevails among the orthoëpists and grammarians on the subject of syllabification. 1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster vii. 256 The orthoepists had elaborated their system more than the orthographists. 1909 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. i. ix. 248 Up to quite recent times, most orthoepists have disregarded natural pronunciation. 1917 J. M. Clark Vocab. Anglo-Irish 18 It is a well-known fact that in Tudor English a much more open ŏ was pronounced than is the case today. Apart from the testimony of orthoepists, the proof is to be found in contemporary American and Irish usage. 1969 A. C. Partridge Tudor to Augustan English viii. 173 On their own admission, orthoepists were students of language who sought to establish the principles of correctness in speech. 1972 M. L. Samuels Linguistic Evol. vii. 144 For Early Modern English, there is much orthoepist, phonetic and other evidence. 1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue xiii. 197 The BBC employs an entire pronunciation unit, a small group of dedicated orthoepists (professional pronouncers) who spend their working lives getting to grips with the illogical pronunciations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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