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==Origin==

==Origin==

Middle French accenter, from accent [[intonation]], from [[Latin]] accentus, from ad- + cantus [[song]] — more at [[chant]]

Middle French accenter, from accent [[intonation]], from [[Latin]] accentus, from ad- + cantus [[song]] — more at [[chant]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1530]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1530]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: an articulative [[effort]] giving prominence to one syllable over adjacent syllables; also : the prominence thus given a syllable

*1: an articulative [[effort]] giving prominence to one syllable over adjacent syllables; also : the prominence thus given a syllable

*9: special concern or [[attention]] : emphasis <an accent on [[youth]]>  

*9: special concern or [[attention]] : emphasis <an accent on [[youth]]>  

==Description==

==Description==

In [[linguistics]], an '''accent''' is a [[manner]] of [[pronunciation]] peculiar to a particular [[individual]], location, or [[nation]]. An accent may [[identify]] the locality in which its speakers reside (a [[geographical]] or regional accent), the socio-[[economic]] [[status]] of its speakers, their [[ethnicity]], their [[caste]] or social class, their first [[language]] (when the language in which the accent is heard is not their [[native]] language), and so on. Accents typically differ in [[quality]] of [[voice]], pronunciation of vowels and consonants, stress, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosody prosody]. Although [[grammar]], [[semantics]], [[vocabulary]], and other language characteristics often vary concurrently with accent, the word 'accent' refers specifically to the [[differences]] in [[pronunciation]], whereas the [[word]] '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect dialect]' [[encompasses]] the broader set of linguistic [[differences]]. Often 'accent' is a subset of '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect dialect]'.

In [[linguistics]], an '''accent''' is a [[manner]] of [[pronunciation]] peculiar to a particular [[individual]], location, or [[nation]]. An accent may [[identify]] the locality in which its speakers reside (a [[geographical]] or regional accent), the socio-[[economic]] [[status]] of its speakers, their [[ethnicity]], their [[caste]] or social class, their first [[language]] (when the language in which the accent is heard is not their [[native]] language), and so on. Accents typically differ in [[quality]] of [[voice]], pronunciation of vowels and consonants, stress, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosody prosody]. Although [[grammar]], [[semantics]], [[vocabulary]], and other language characteristics often vary concurrently with accent, the word 'accent' refers specifically to the [[differences]] in [[pronunciation]], whereas the [[word]] '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect dialect]' [[encompasses]] the broader set of linguistic [[differences]]. Often 'accent' is a subset of '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect dialect]'.

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[[Category: Languages and Literature]]