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Orthoepy   Listen
noun
orthoepy  n.  The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.





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"Orthoepy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dictionary. The introductory treatise on the "Principles of Pronunciation" is a comprehensive, instructive, and eminently practical, though not very philosophically constructed, exposition of the subject of English orthoepy. It contains an analysis and description of the elementary sounds of the language, a discussion of certain questions about which orthoepists are at variance, and a useful collection of facts, rules, and directions respecting a variety ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 • Various


Words linked to "Orthoepy" :   speech communication, Received Pronunciation, speech, phonemics, language, voice communication, spoken language, phonology


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