orthoepy

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In this case it is opposed to orthoepy, orthography, syntax, and the other parts of grammar.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Hence the stage is looked up to as a great school, and the eminent actors are universally looked to as the best instructors in action, elocution, orthoepy, and the component parts of oratory.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

It has a certain crude and primitive grammar, but in point of orthoepy is extremely difficult.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose

It is so arranged as to teach orthography and orthoepy simultaneously.

From Lee's Last Campaign by Gorman, John C.

But where were we to seek for the standard of our orthoepy?

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac