Synonyms for orthoepy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-thoh-uh-pee, awr-thoh-ep-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈθoʊ ə pi, ˈɔr θoʊˌɛp i |
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Définition of orthoepy
- As in pronunciation : noun way something is said
- The following list is from Nares' Orthoepy, a work to which the reader is referred.
- Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- To mispronounce a word because it is misspelt is only indirectly an error of orthoepy.
- Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- It is so arranged as to teach orthography and orthoepy simultaneously.
- Extract from : « Lee's Last Campaign » by John C. Gorman
- The orthography is according to Jack's orthoepy, for there are various spellings of the word.
- Extract from : « Gwen Wynn » by Mayne Reid
- Many of the words in most books on orthoepy are very rarely mispronounced, and they serve only to cumber the work.
- Extract from : « A Manual of Pronunciation » by Otis Ashmore
- Orthoepy differs from orthography by determining how words are spoken, whereas orthography decides how they are spelt.
- Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- In matters of orthoepy it is the usual custom to appeal to one of the following standards.
- Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- It has a certain crude and primitive grammar, but in point of orthoepy is extremely difficult.
- Extract from : « The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce » by Ambrose Bierce
- Orthography addresses itself to the eye, orthoepy to the ear.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- In this case it is opposed to orthoepy, orthography, syntax, and the other parts of grammar.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
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