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  • 21Masoretic points and accents — Masoretic Mas o*ret ic, Masoretical Mas o*ret ic*al, a. [Cf. F. massor[ e]tique.] Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. [1913 Webster] {Masoretic points and accents}, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of… …

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  • 22Hebrew accents — This disambiguation page is on grammatical Hebrew accents. For dialects, see Hebrew dialects.There are two types of Hebrew accents that go on Hebrew letters.* Niqqud system of diacritical signs used to represent vowels or distinguish between… …

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  • 23The Accents — Infobox musical artist Name = The Accents Img capt = Img size = 200 Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Genre = Doo Wop Years active = 1958 Label = Brunswick Associated acts = URL = Current members = Unknown Past members =… …

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  • 24Biblical Accents —    System of 26 symbols attributed to Aaron Ben Asher (c. 900–c. 960) of Tiberias in the first half of the 10th century that indicates how to chant the Pentateuch properly from scrolls. They indicate prosodic stress, punctuation, and melodic… …

    Historical dictionary of sacred music

  • 25MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 26English language in England — refers to the English language as spoken in England, part of the United Kingdom. There are many different accents and dialects throughout England and people are often very proud of their local accent or dialect, however there are many associated… …

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  • 27Cantillation hébraïque — Cantillation liturgique par un ḥazane d Andalousie manuscrit espagnol de la Haggadah XIVe siècle La cantillation[1] hébraïque est la prononciation soigneuse et nuancée de la hauteur musicale des voyelles …

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  • 28Pitch accent — is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to… …

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  • 29Yorkshire dialect and accent — The Yorkshire dialect refers to the varieties of English used in the Northern England historic county of Yorkshire. These varieties are often referred to as Broad Yorkshire or Tyke. [ cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/voices2005/pete… …

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  • 30English-language vowel changes before historic r — In the phonological history of the English language, vowels followed (or formerly followed) by the phoneme /r/ have undergone a number of phonological changes. In recent centuries, most or all of these changes have involved merging of vowel… …

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