Synonyms: inflection, prosody
Definition: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Similar words: manner of speaking, delivery, speech
Definition: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Usage: his manner of speaking was quite abrupt; her speech was barren of southernisms; I detected a slight accent in his speech
Synonyms: modulation, inflection
Definition: a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
Similar words: manner of speaking, delivery, speech
Definition: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Usage: his manner of speaking was quite abrupt; her speech was barren of southernisms; I detected a slight accent in his speech
Synonyms: inflection, flection, flexion
Definition: deviation from a straight or normal course
Similar words: departure, deviation, difference, divergence
Definition: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Usage: the deviation from the mean
Synonyms: inflection, inflexion
Definition: a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Similar words: grammatical relation
Definition: a linguistic relation established by grammar