Importance Of Pronunciation And Accent

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• Importance Of Pronunciation And Accent

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What is accent?Accent is a particular way of
pronouncing a word in a language.

• What is pronunciation?
• Pronunciation is a particular way of saying a
  word in a language.
• From the above definitions, you might be still in
  a perplexed state to know the exact difference
  between accent and pronunciation. Doesnt worry
  we just said that you might and not even you may.
  So you may already know the difference between
  accent and pronunciation. Notwithstanding your
  knowledge we would like to shed some light on
  those fore mentioned words from our point of
  view.

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• In general accent and pronunciation are a part of
  a dialect in a language. And an accent much
  focuses on emphasis of the syllables in a word.
• A syllable is a unit of vowel sound in a word.
• E.g. The sound of the vowels a and e in
  water.
• What is dialect?
• Dialect is a particular way of speaking a
  language. It differs from region to region or
  even place to place.
• A dialect includes accent, pronunciation and
  slang.
• What is Slang?
• Slang is informal words that we use among our
  friends group or among known group of peeps.
• e.g. Water is a slang word for Alcohol in some
  countries.

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• Is accent important in a language?
• The above question might look close ended and
  easy but its answer is vice versa of the
  toughness of its question. Here many of them
  might opt for no and say accent is not important
  because people dont care about accent. However
  the reality is peeps mind is designed in such a
  way that it pays special heed to the style.

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