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orthoepy|ˈɔːθəʊiːpɪ, ɔːˈθəʊɪpɪ|
[ad. Gr. ὀρθοέπεια correctness of diction, f. *ὀρθοεπής speaking correctly, f. ὀρθό-ς ortho- + ἔπος, ἔπε- word.]
1. That part of grammar which deals with pronunciation; phonology. Also, the study of the relationship between pronunciation and a writing system.
1668Wilkins Real Char. iii. i. 298 Parts of Grammar..Concerning the most convenient marks or sounds for the expression of such names or words; whether by writing, Orthography; or by speech, Orthoepy. 1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 35 Orthoepy..ought to have been reckon'd as a Part of Grammar before Orthography, since Speech preceeds Writing. 1784R. Nares (title) Elements of Orthoepy, containing a Distinct View of the whole Analogy of the English Language. 1832–4De Quincey Cæsars i. Wks. 1862 IX. 51 The grammar and orthoepy of the Latin Language. 1915D. Agate in H. C. O'Neill Guide to Eng. Lang. i. v. 74/1 To these four divisions of grammar many grammarians have added Orthoëpy, which treats of pronunciation generally. 1957E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 I. ii. 193 In spite of his title Orthoepia Anglicana..what he [sc. Daines] sets out to teach is orthography, not orthoepy. 1969A. C. Partridge Tudor to Augustan English viii. 181 Though his was not the last shot fired in the hundred years' war of English orthoepy, Cooper's Grammar established that the criterion of correct Standard English rests firmly on its pronunciation. 1976Visible Language X. 20 Phonetization of the alphabet and other writing systems is a province of orthoepy.
2. Correct, accepted, or customary pronunciation.
[1773W. Kenrick (title) A new Dictionary of the English Language: containing not only the explanation of words..but likewise their orthoepia or pronunciation in speech.] 1801Chenevix in Phil. Trans. XCI. 195 note, Without offending the radical orthoepy of our language. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. viii. 177 Formerly they regulated their orthography by their orthoepy. 1875Whitney Life Lang. iii. 37 Changes which have altered the whole aspect of our orthoëpy and orthography. |