Section3:WordsandExpressionsfromModule1BritishandAmericanEnglishlinguistnoun1apersonwhoknowsseveralforeignlanguageswell:She’sanexcellentlinguist
I’mafraidI’mnolinguist(=Ifindforeignlanguagesdifficult)
2apersonwhostudieslanguagesorlinguistics:acomputationallinguistaccentnoun1[C,U]awayofpronouncingthewordsofalanguagethatshowswhichcountry,areaorsocialclassapersoncomesfrom:anorthern/Dublin/Indian/Scottishaccentastrong/broadaccent(=onethatisverynoticeable)ShespokeEnglishwithanaccent
2[sing
]aspecialimportancethatisgiventosthemphasis:Inallourproductstheaccentisonquality
3[C]theemphasisthatyoushouldgivetopartofawordwhensayingitstress:In‘today’theaccentisonthesecondsyllable
4[C]amarkonalettertoshowthatitshouldbepronouncedinaparticularway:Canapéhasanaccentonthe‘e’
verb[vn]toemphasizeapartofsth:Thew