Pronunciation refers to: the way a word or a language is usually spoken the manner in which someone utters a word A word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up the area in which they now live if they've a speech defect their ethnic group their social class their education Linguistic terminology People are counted as units of sound (phones) that they use in their language. The branch of lingu… (More on Pronunciation)