억양

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 抑揚

Pronunciation

• • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹ɡja̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어걍]

  Romanizations
  Revised Romanization?	eogyang
  Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eog'yang
  McCune–Reischauer?	ŏgyang
  Yale Romanization?	ek.yang

Noun

억양 • (eogyang) (hanja 抑揚)

1. (linguistics) intonation

   문장 억양 ― munjang eogyang ― sentence intonation

   서울말의 리듬과 억양 체계

   Seoulmar-ui rideum-gwa eogyang chegye

   The rhythm and intonation system of Seoul speech

2. accent

   Synonym: 악센트 (aksenteu)

   스코틀랜드 억양은 일반 미국 억양과 다르게 모음 뒤의 r을 발음합니다.

   Seukoteullaendeu eogyang-eun ilban miguk eogyang-gwa dareuge mo'eum dwi-ui r-eul bareumhamnida.

   The Scottish accent pronounces the r after vowels differently to the General American accent.

3. modulation, rise and fall of the voice

   Synonyms: 양음(揚音) (yang'eum), 어조(語調) (eojo)

Derived terms

• 억양법(抑揚法) (eogyangbeop)