Accentuation

/ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "accentuation" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (16)

Related words (27)

Noun(10 words)
more emphaticallyoverstressprosodic markingspotlightingstressstress markingstressesstressingsyllable emphasisunderscoring
Adjective(3 words)
oral emphasisspoken emphasisstrong emphasis

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

9 entries
acute accentcircumflexfocusgrave accenthighlightingprimary stresssecondary stressstresstilde accent

Collocations

6 entries
accentuation in writingaccentuation marksaccentuation of stressaccentuation patternemphasis and accentuationlinguistic accentuation

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The accentuation can be very different from one language to another.

Source: tatoeba (7068648)

There are problems with homonyms in a language. I was a participant in a Pali-language discussion group on the Web. I brought up a question about the "stress"—accentuation—in Pali words. Some people imagined that I was alluding to "stress"—like emotional distress—which was not my intention. Homonyms may be a problem in effective communication.

Source: tatoeba (10527167)

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[.]

Source: wiktionary

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