pronunciationn pronouncev
the way a certain sound or sounds are produced. Unlike articulation,
which refers to the actual production of speech sounds in the mouth,
pronunciation stresses more the way sounds are perceived by the hearer,
e.g.:
You haven’t pronounced this word correctly.
and often relates the spoken word to its written form, e.g.:
In the word knife, the kis not pronounced.
proper nounn
a noun which is the name of a particular person, place, or thing. Proper
nouns in English are spelt with a capital letter. For example: London,
Richard.
A noun which is not the name of a particular person, place or thing is called
a common noun. For example, book, woman, sugar. In English, common
nouns are spelt with a lower-case (small) letter.
see also noun, abstract noun, adjectival noun, animate noun,
collective noun, concrete noun, countable noun
proposition npropositionaladj
(in philosophy, linguistics and semantics) the basic meaning which a
sentence expresses. Propositions consist of (a) something which is named or
talked about (known as the argument, or entity) (b) an assertion or pre-
dication which is made about the argument. A sentence may express or
imply (see presupposition) more than one proposition. For example:
sentence underlying propositions
Maria’s friend, Tony, who is a Maria has a friend.
dentist, likes apples. The friend’s name is Tony.
Tony is a dentist.
Tony likes apples.
In speech act theory a distinction is made between the propositional
meaning of a sentence, and its illocutionary force (i.e. the use made of the
sentence in communication, e.g. as a request, a warning, a promise).
propositional logicn
see logic
propositional networkn
the simpler propositions on which the truth of a main proposition rests.
For example, the proposition:
The woman gave the man an expensive ring, which contained a large
ruby.
propositional network