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	Topics Pronunciation Topic Home Pronunciation refers to: the way a word or a languageLanguage Summary A language is a system of s, such as voice sounds, gestures or written symbols that encode or decode information.... is usually spoken the manner in which someone utters a word A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up the area in which they now live if they have a speechSpeech disorder Speech disorders, or speech impediments as they are also called, are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' ... or voice disorderList of voice disorders Voice disorders are medical conditions affecting the production of speech.... their ethnic groupEthnic group An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common gene... their social classSocial class Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures.... their educationEducation Summary Education is the process by which an individual is encouraged and enabled to develop fully his or her innate potential; it m... Linguistic terminology People are counted as units of sound that they use in their languageLanguage A language is a system of s, such as voice sounds, gestures or written symbols that encode or decode information.... . The branch of linguisticsLinguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language.... which studies these units of sound is phoneticsPhonetics Phonetics is the study of sounds and the human voice.... . Phones which play the same role are grouped together into classes called phonemePhoneme In human language, a phoneme is a set of phones that are cognitively equivalent.... s; the study of these is phonemics or phonematics or phonologyPhonology Phonology , is a subfield of linguistics which studies the sound system of a specific language .... . See also International Phonetic AlphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists.... - notationNotation The term *notation* can refer to:... al standard for the phonetic representationPhonetic representation Phonetic representation, or more commonly phonetic transcription is the representation of speech sounds using symbols in pho... of all languages LanguageLanguage A language is a system of s, such as voice sounds, gestures or written symbols that encode or decode information.... English pronunciation List of words of disputed pronunciationList of words of disputed pronunciation The following is a list of words and names which are often pronounced by native speakers of the English language in ways which man... MispronunciationMispronunciation Mispronunciation is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "bad pronunciation".... Initial-stress-derived nounInitial-stress-derived noun Initial-stress-derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein verbs become nouns or adjectives when the stress is ... Back-chainingBack-chaining Back-chaining is a useful technique in teaching oral language skills, specially with polysyllabic words.... External links — Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website — Enter a word to hear it spoken. About 100,000 words in British English with alternative pronunciations.