APA Dictionary of Psychology
accent
- n.
- in linguistics, phonetic features of an individual’s speech that are associated with geographical region or social class. The standard version of a language (see standard language) is usually considered by native speakers to be unaccented. Compare dialect.
- a stress placed on a syllable of a word, orthographically marked in some languages.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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