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Definition of Pronunciations

1. pronunciation [n] - See also: pronunciation

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Literary usage of Pronunciations

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1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Favored pronunciations? Many years ago Edward Sapir suggested that some ... At present the concept of favored pronunciations can best be considered simply a ..."

2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Favored pronunciations? Many years ago Edward Sapir suggested that some ... At present the concept of favored pronunciations can best be considered simply a ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"LIST OF pronunciations OMITTED FROM THE GLOSSARY. Aar, a combination which may be taken to represent the word our (see Aa, above). ..."

4. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1874)
"Hence it has not been thought necessary to add his pronunciations to Sheridan's, ... The letters 0, B, B, F, S, placed after the pronunciations ..."

5. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, Francis James Child, William Salesbury, Alexander Barclay, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Johan Winkler (1875)
"Of course this attempted exhibition of some pronunciations labours under ... It must be understood that all these pronunciations were noted on the spot, ..."

6. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythologyby Joseph Thomas by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"DISPUTED OR DOUBTFUL pronunciations, PRELIMINARY REMARKS. LANGUAGE may be said to be a mixed product of certain accidental elements and the generalizing ..."

7. What We Hear in Music: A Laboratory Course of Study in Music History and by Anne Faulkner Oberndorfer (1913)
"pronunciations pronunciations of Names of Artists Acerbi (Ah-cher'-bi) Alda (AM'-da) Amato (Ah-mah'-toh) Andreeff (An-dree'ff) Ancona (Ahn-koh'-nah) Badini ..."

8. The Massachusetts Teacher (1854)
"... and to teach their children to shun these vulgar pronunciations as they would serpents. Americans ought to speak their language with as much purity and ..."

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