Define Enunciation, Articulation and Pronounciation in Rhetoric

ENUNCIATION, PRONUNCIATION AND ARTICULATION Enunciation Definitions In enunciation the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Enunciation Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation. Enunciation That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement. "Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false." Enunciation The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth. "By way of interpretation and enunciation." Enunciation, however, is how clearly a person says the word and how clearly each sound is made. Articulation is the physical act of using your tongue, jaw, teeth, lips, and palate (roof of your mouth), and breath to create the sounds. Anyone who can articulate can learn to enunciate. The Meaning of 'Pronounce' Pronounce derives from Latin pronuntiare, a union of the prefix pro- ("forth") with the verb nuntiare ("to report or declare"). To pronounce a word, syllable, digraph, or letter is to sound it aloud according to the established rules governing the language or according to the unconventional rules of dialect. Here are a few basic examples of the verb: "The students practiced pronouncing the new spelling words"; "Colonel is pronounced the same as kernel"; "The k in know is not pronounced." Pronounce in this sense has a noticeable linguistic quality. The verb, however, is also generally used to mean "to say or speak a word or speech sound correctly." as in "The teacher had trouble pronouncing the student's name." Its noun form, pronunciation, likewise, refers to the way in which a word or speech sound is spoken according to the language's rules. Additionally, it is used to make reference to a particular person's way of pronouncing words: "The spelling bee's pronouncer has flawless pronunciation." The Meaning of 'Articulate' Articulate derives from Latin articuläre, meaning "to divide into distinct parts." The verb can mean "to express an idea, thought, feeling, etc., in words" (e.g., "He found it hard to articulate his feelings"), or it can mean "to say [pronounce] a word or speech sound in a way that can be clearly heard and understood" ("She spoke slowly, articulating each syllable"). If told to articulate your words, you might be mumbling or slurring, or perhaps speaking too slowly or softly so that listeners cannot clearly hear and identify each word because you are not being articulate. Articulation is the related noun form of the verb articulate. It refers to the act of expressing something in words-for example, "The collection of essays is an articulation of the author's most personal thoughts." Technically, it is a word for how clearly and understandably a particular individual forms, or pronounces, the sounds that make up a word. Enunciation also shares this sense, as illustrated in these examples: Actors try out a range of salty brogues that pitches much of the dialogue in a sea of confusing accents. However, [Johnny] Depp takes the opposite approach with precise enunciation of every line in what best described as an accent-less accent. -The Hollywood Reporter. 25 May 2017 is He blazed through his set, delivering each line, each syllable of each word with perfect articulation fervor. and -Katie Karpowicz, Gapers Block, 16 Nov. 2012 The Meaning of 'Enunciate' Enunciate is a synonym of both articulate and pronounce. It can refer to the act of saying a word or parts of a word fully and distinctly, as articulate does, or correctly, which pronounce signifies. So it's a word finding difficulty. The fact that she's speaking, that she's enunciating as well as she is. She's coordinating the movements of her mouth. All much better than, you know, we heard how she was doing before. Those are all good signs. This word finding difficulty or word sound often does improve, especially as she's had this much improvement at 10 months. -Sanjay Gutpa, quoted on CNN. 15 Nov, 2011 Whistle in the Dark also starts with a pause (must be a point of style). Woman stands staring in her dining room, shards of crockery on the floor, then she sweeps them up. Gets livelier, though. It's a "fightin' Irish" play, with Dada shootin' the blarney and eggin' (there are no final consonants enunciated stage) his brawlin' brood into fightin' another clan. on -Bob Mondello, The Washington City Paper, 22 Oct. 2012 Like pronounce, enunciate derives from Latin nuntiare, meaning "to report or declare." Both enunciate and enunciation can denote stating, announcing, or declaring something, such as a law or principle. 'Phonate' and 'Phonation' Now the aforementioned introduction. Phonate and phonation are technical words for the making of speech sounds, as shown here. Learn about American Sign Language and the countless benefits of this valuable language. Our guest speaker, Holly Lorenz, who comes to us from Little Lark Signing Academy gained her knowledge from her daughter phonate. -The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2018 who was born unable to Vocal folds, sometimes called vocal chords are two rubberband-like tissues located, in the throat specifically the larynx. These folds vibrate and stretch together to create the sound that is the voice, also known as phonation. -Savanna Allen and Sam Kunz, The Gateway (University of Nebraska at Omaha), 26 Aug. 2017 The cousins are from the combining form phon, a Latin and Greek root meaning "sound," "voice," or "speech," which has given English such words as phonics, phonetic, among others. In Summary and a is To review: pronounce/pronunciation are words describing the act of correctly sounding out words, syllables, digraphs, and letters, person's pronunciation gradable. Articulate/articulation refer to speaking in a clear and understandable way, fully pronouncing each word. Enunciate/enunciation are synonymous with articulate/articulation. They can also be substituted for pronounce/pronunciation in contexts in which those words are used in their general senses. One last note you can pronounce words without articulation or enunciation; however, you cannot articulate or enunciate without correct pronunciation. VOCAL ASPECTS OF DELIVERY Articulation We are often judged by how well we speak in general. A measure of perceived intellect or education is how well we articulate. That is: how well and correctly we form our vowels and consonants using our lips, jaw, tongue, and palate to form the sounds that are identified as speech. Diction and enunciation are other terms that refer to the same idea. For instance, saying "going to" instead of "gonna" or "did not" instead of "dint" are examples of good versus poor articulation. Consonant and vowels are spoken with standard accepted precision, and serious students and speakers will strive to practice the clarity of their sounds. Proper diction is as integral to the English language as proper spelling, but it takes practice, Pronunciation Proper articulation applied to a given word is that word's pronunciation. The pronunciation includes how the vowels and consonants are produced as well as which syllable is emphasized. For generations, speakers depended on "markings (such as the International Phonetics Alphabet or similar Dictionary Symbols) to discover or decide how words were officially pronounced. With online dictionaries now readily available, one needs only to "look up" a word and select "play" to hear an audible recording of the official and precise way a word should be pronounced. Now there is no excuse for mispronouncing a word in a speech. A mispronounced word will obliterate a speaker's credibility, and the audience's attention will be focused on the fault rather than the message. In terms of phonetics in linguistics:- Articulation is the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech, such as the articulation of vowels and consonants. Enunciation is the mode of pronunciation or utterance, i.e. the fullness of the clarity and distinctness (i.e. the degree of being distinct: separately perceivable). In terms of expressiveness of language fluency in speech and writing:- Articulation is the effectiveness of the action of putting an idea or feeling into words "He is rather articulate in describing things." Enunciation is the act of announcing, proclaiming or declaring or otherwise making known something (such as an idea, theory or truth) "the enunciation of an important truth."