- Received Pronunciation
- noun Date: 1869 the pronunciation of Received Standard
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Received Pronunciation
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Received Pronunciation — (RP), also called the Queen s (or King s) English,[1] Oxford English[2] or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England, with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their… … Wikipedia
Received pronunciation — La prononciation dite Received Pronunciation (RP) est la prononciation des gens cultivés, encore appelée Oxford English, Queen’s English (l’anglais correct) ou BBC English. Cet anglais n’est parlé que par 3 à 5 % de la population anglaise.… … Wikipédia en Français
received pronunciation — Received pronunciation is the name given to the Southern pronunciation of English identified early in the twentieth century as the usage of the public schools and the professions and promoted as ‘correct’. It became the norm to which educated… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Received Pronunciation — (RP) est la prononciation standard britannique, encore appelée Oxford English, Queen’s English ou BBC English. C est le dialecte de prestige en Angleterre mais il n a pas de prestige particulier dans les autres pays anglophones[1]. Cet anglais… … Wikipédia en Français
received pronunciation — (RP), received standard are names given to the form of speech associated with educated speakers in the southern counties of England and used as a model for teaching English to foreign learners. This system is the basis of the guidance given on… … Modern English usage
received pronunciation (RP) — received pronunciation (RP), received standard are names given to the form of speech associated with educated speakers in the southern counties of England and used as a model for teaching English to foreign learners. This system is the basis of… … Modern English usage
received pronunciation — (also received standard) ► NOUN ▪ the standard form of British English pronunciation, based on educated speech in southern England … English terms dictionary
Received Pronunciation — n. the pronunciation, commonly used in Brit. broadcasting, of RECEIVED STANDARD … English World dictionary
Received Pronunciation — Britisches Englisch (British English, kurz BE oder BrE) ist die Bezeichnung für die Varietäten der englischen Sprache, wie sie auf den britischen Inseln (daher auch oft umgangssprachlich „Insel Englisch“ genannt) gesprochen und unter der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Received Pronunciation — noun the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King s English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of … Useful english dictionary
Received Pronunciation — N UNCOUNT Received Pronunciation is a way of pronouncing British English that is often used as a standard in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language. The abbreviation RP is also used. The accent represented by the pronunciations in this… … English dictionary
