accentuation

Definition

Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

Etymology

From Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]"