Accent may refer to:

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Speech and language [edit]

• Accent (sociolinguistics), way of pronunciation by a speaker with shared characteristic of a certain locality within the community
• Accent (phonetics), prominence given to a particular syllable in a word, or a word in a phrase
  • Stress (linguistics), dynamic prominence
  • Pitch accent, tonal prominence
• Accent (poetry), placement of prominent syllables in scansion
• Diacritic or accent mark, a mark added to a letter to indicate sound value
• Accentus (fallacy) or Fallacy of accent, a logical fallacy related to Reification (fallacy)

Music [edit]

• Accent (music), an emphasis placed on a particular note
• Accent (band), Belarusian heavy metal band

Art [edit]

• Accent (art), an emphasis on a lighter portion of a drawing; where the light hits an object and brightens it in contrast to the subject.

Computers [edit]

• Accent (programming language) for computers
• Accent kernel, an operating system kernel

Other [edit]

• Aeros Accent, a paraglider
• Hyundai Accent, car produced by Hyundai Motor Company
• Accent Records, a record label
• ACCENT Speakers Bureau, a student-run organization at the University of Florida
• Brand name for monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• Accentuation, an increase in intensity of a heart murmur

See also [edit]

• All pages beginning with "Accent"
• All pages with titles containing "Accent"
• Accentuate the Positive, 1944 song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
• Accenture, company
• Accentor, bird species
• Accentor class minesweeper, ship
• Ascent (disambiguation)

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