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What (who) is accent - definition

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Accent (language); Accents; Accent (disambiguation); Accent (linguistics)

accent         
I. n.
1.
Intonation, cadence, tone, modulation of voice.
2.
Stress (on a certain syllable), ictus, cadence, tone, beat.
II. v. a.
Accentuate, lay stress upon, pronounce with accent, put the ictus on.
Accent         
<language> A very high level interpreted language from CaseWare, Inc. with strings and tables. It is {strongly typed} and has remote function calls. (1994-11-08)
accent         
n.
pronunciation
1) to affect, assume, imitate, put on; cultivate an accent
2) to speak with an accent
3) to get rid of an accent
4) a foreign; heavy, noticeable. pronounced, strong, thick; slight accent
stress
5) to place, put the accent on (to place the accent on a syllable)
6) (ling.) an acute; grave; pitch, tonic accent (see also stress)

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Accent
Examples of use of accent
1. "The spoke with like an accent, sort of a Jamaican accent." Gov.
2. Posh speak: William McCartney–Moore began speaking with a posh accent after surgery "He went in with a York accent and came out all posh.
3. It‘s the mafia mind with a posh British accent; or maybe the mafia mind is the posh mind with a Sicilian accent.
4. Foreign Accent Syndrome Researchers at Oxford University have found that patients with Foreign Accent Syndrome have suffered damage to tiny areas of the brain that affect speech.
5. "You‘ll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent." The comments were condemned by NME, which runs the interview in today‘s edition.