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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect..
We may then summarize the usual defects of speech which characterize barbaralalia as follows: (1) sound substitutions (2) sound additions (3) sound omissions (4) misplaced stress (5) incorrect intonation.
The correction of barbaralalia (foreign accent) is in the strictest sense speech re-education, since the speech correctionist is aiding the foreign speaker to change one set of speech habits for another.
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Barbaralalia means (dated) The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect..
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We may then summarize the usual defects of speech which characterize barbaralalia as follows: (1) sound substitutions (2) sound additions (3) sound omissions (4) misplaced stress (5) incorrect intonation.
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