Pronunciation
Template:Short description Pronunciation Template: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 all language in a specific dialect—"correct" or "standard" pronunciation—or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography, 2016, page 303</ref> Orthoepy is the study of the pronunciation of a language.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> their ethnic group, their social class, or their education.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Linguistic terminology
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
See also
- 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)