pronunciationnoun [ C or U ]
usuk/prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/B1 how words are pronounced:
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Ways of speaking
- accent
- accentuate
- aitch
- asperity
- BBC English
- cut glass
- get your tongue around/round sth idiom
- intone
- lenis
- modulate
- monotone
- plummy
- pragmatics
- singsong
- soft-spoken
- sotto voce
- speech therapy
- spoken
- stumble
- trip off the tongue idiom
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics