pronunciation

Examples of pronunciation in the following topics:

• Articulation and Pronunciation

  • Articulation focuses on making individual sounds and pronunciation focuses on stress, rhythm, and intonation of the syllables in the word.
  • Pronunciation refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm, and intonation of a word in a spoken language.
  • When we talk about pronunciation, we focus on the word rather than the individual sound, as with articulation.
  • Listen to recordings of different people you admire, to check the pronunciation.
  • You can connect to one of the online dictionaries which has an audio of the preferred pronunciations if you are unsure.

• Dialect and Vocal Variety

  • A dialect is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation (phonology, including prosody).
  • Where a distinction can be made only in terms of pronunciation, the term accent is appropriate—not dialect.
  • What differences of words or pronunciation do you hear from others in different parts of the United States?
  • It is important to consider whether the majority of the audience shares the same dialect as the speaker to make sure that the words and pronunciation match those of the audience.
  • If you are speaking to a national audience, you will want to make sure that your word choice and pronunciation is more widely used than that of your home dialect community.

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• History of Public Speaking

  • Finally, the elocutionary approach (mid 1700's to mid-1800's) concentrated on delivery and style by providing strict rules for a speaker's bodily actions such as gestures, facial expressions, tone, and pronunciation.

• Defining a Successful Delivery

  • If you are not able to be clearly heard by the audience, then you will want to get special help to improve pronunciation, stress and emphasis.