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What does pronunciation mean?

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Noun
  1. (countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
  2. (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
  3. (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
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Someone commented on my yokel version, which for ages I have thought was the received pronunciation of the word.
Clare Francis speaks with the sort of received pronunciation you might expect from a former yachtswoman brought up in the Home Counties.
I heard my dad struggle with the pronunciation, trying to add on an Italian accent along with the words and couldn't hold back a giggle.
Some individuals can also change their dialects to a limited extent in terms of accent, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
However, differences in dialect consist primarily of slight differences in accent or pronunciation and minor grammatical usages.
We should remember that Gladstone had a strong Merseyside accent, and that received pronunciation is largely an artefact of the broadcast era.

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