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ORTHOEPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the 'correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to 'correct' orthography
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("orthoepy" is a kind of...):
phonemics; phonology (the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The way a word or a language is customarily spoken
Example:
that is the correct pronunciation
Synonyms:
orthoepy; pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("orthoepy" is a kind of...):
language; oral communication; speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; voice communication ((language) communication by word of mouth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orthoepy"):
Received Pronunciation (the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting)
