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Received Pronunciation vs pronunciation

pronunciation vs Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation and pronunciation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Received Pronunciation Yes No No No
pronunciation Yes No No No
As nouns, pronunciation is a hypernym of Received Pronunciation; that is, pronunciation is a word with a broader meaning than Received Pronunciation:
  • Received Pronunciation: the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting
  • pronunciation: the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
Other hypernyms of Received Pronunciation include orthoepy, British English, UK English.
Received Pronunciation (noun) pronunciation (noun)
the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting the manner in which someone utters a word
the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
Difference between Received Pronunciation and pronunciation

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