orthoepy (redirected from orthoepists)

or·tho·e·py  (ôr-th-p, ôrth-p)

n.

1.

a. The study of the pronunciation of words.

b. The study of the relationship between the pronunciation of words and their orthography.

2. The customary pronunciation of words.

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[Greek orthoepeia, correctness of diction : ortho-, ortho- + epos, epe-, word; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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ortho·epic (-pk), ortho·epi·cal (-p-kl) adj.

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orthoepy

the study of correct pronunciation. — orthoepist, n. — orthoepic, orthoepical, orthoepistic, adj.

See also: Pronunciation

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the study of correct pronunciation. — orthoepist, n. — orthoepic, orthoepical, orthoepistic, adj.

See also: Linguistics

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	orthoepy - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation" pronunciation 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 speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
	2.	orthoepy - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography phonemics, phonology - the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes