Literary notes about ACCENTUATION (AI summary)
The term accentuation in literature takes on a multifaceted role. At times it refers to the careful preservation or correction of original orthographic features, as seen in discussions about maintaining traditional pronunciation practices and adjusting hyphenation and punctuation ([1], [2], [3]). In other contexts, accentuation describes the deliberate modulation of tone and rhythm in prose and poetry, with authors employing it to underscore emotional nuance or to enhance the musical quality of language ([4], [5], [6]). Additionally, the concept extends to linguistic criticism and analysis, where scholars debate the subtleties of accentuation systems in ancient languages and their modern adaptations ([7], [8]). Overall, accentuation serves both as a technical tool in textual fidelity and as a stylistic device to enrich narrative and poetic expression.
- No change has been made in the system of accentuation, though a few errors in quantity have been corrected.
— from I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment. - Transcriber's Notes: All obvious spelling and punctuation errors have been corrected, also hyphenation and accentuation.
— from Gothic Architecture by Edouard Corroyer - Hyphenation and accentuation have been standardised.
— from Leaves for a Christmas Bough: Love, Truth, and Hope by Unknown - She lay at full length, her uptilted face in her hands, and her perfect feet raised now and then in unaware accentuation of her words.
— from Mystic Isles of the South Seas. by Frederick O'Brien - In all such cases the natural accentuation of the words is not interfered with by the rhythm of the verse.
— from A History of English Versification by J. (Jakob) Schipper - He'll be a perfect 'gentleman,'" she went on, setting her teeth so as to give the word a kind of English accentuation.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust - The Hebrew system of accentuation is very subtle and complicated, and there is nothing corresponding to it in our western languages.
— from Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows - The native Latin grammarians slight the stress accentuation and pay much attention instead to the variations in pitch.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
