Importance of Accent and Pronunciation



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. Doesn’t 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.
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 accent?

 Accent is a particular way of pronouncing a word in a language.

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.

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 don’t 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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