orthoepy
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In this case it is opposed to orthoepy, orthography, syntax, and the other parts of grammar.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The design of Mulcaster to regulate orthography by orthoepy was revived so late as in 1701, in a curious work, under the title of “Practical Phonography,” by John Jones, M.D.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Orthography is less essential to language than orthoepy; since all languages are spoken, whilst but a few languages are written.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
They speak as do the natives, but write in their own character; accommodating the flexible capabilities of their alphabet to the purposes of Turkish orthoepy.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
Let him chant the Vedas, offending at each step against the rules of orthoepy!
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
