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Dictionary definition: accent

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1. Linguistics. The mode of utterance peculiar to an individual, locality, or nation, as in ‘he has a north country/Irish/Scottish/American/French/German accent’.

Accents in Britain may be regional or social, the latter related to educational and cultural background. Linguists insist that everyone speaks with an accent, and that the standard RP accent (see RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION ) is just one among many. Accent refers only to pronunciation and is distinct from DIALECT .

See also IDIOLECT .

2. Phonetics.
a. The same as STRESS .

b. Stress (in its narrower sense) accompanied by pitch change.


Loosely, accent and stress , and their associated pairs of terms ( accented , stressed , etc.) ...

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