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Pronunciation vs Intonation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pronunciation and intonation

is that pronunciation is the standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken while intonation is the rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

pronunciation

English

(wikipedia pronunciation)

Noun

  • (countable) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
    • What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
  • (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
    • His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
  • (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
  • * 1831 , Thomas Oughton, ?James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
    • The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

    Derived terms

    * mispronunciation * pronunciation dictionary * pronunciation guide * pronunciation respelling * pronunciational * Received Pronunciation * spelling pronunciation

    See also

    * SAMPA * phoneme * orthoepy * ----

    intonation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
  • The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
  • Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
    • Her intonation was false.
  • Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
  • A thundering; thunder.
    • (Bailey)

    Related terms

    * intonable * intonate * intonational * intonationally * intonator * intone * intoner

    References

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