In a current meaning, the accent is a characteristic of Diction of a speaker in a Langue given. It is specific to an area or a Social environment and can be characterized by deteriorations of the Débit, Prononciation and intonation. It is also used to differentiate from the Mots, the Phrases and the Textes.

See too

• Diacritic for the graphic accents (Acute accent, Circumflex accent, Grave accent, etc).

• phonetic Accent , rise the height (Pitch), in particular in Latin before the change of sound Vowel system.
• tonic Accent , increase in the vocal intensity (or tonic stress).
• the monks copyists then the first printers used the Tilde, primarily on the vowels, to shorten certain groups of letters. See for this purpose the article on the Abbreviations.

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