Accentuation

//ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Act of accentuating; applications of accent. countable, uncountable

    "This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]"

  2. 2
    the act of giving special importance or significance to something wordnet
  3. 3
    Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate + -ion.

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