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Accentuation
//ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the act of giving special importance or significance to something wordnet
- 3 Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. countable, uncountable
- 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.
See also for "accentuation"
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