orthoepy

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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 Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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 Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

It has a certain crude and primitive grammar, but in point of orthoepy is extremely difficult.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose

In this case it is opposed to orthoepy, orthography, syntax, and the other parts of grammar.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

One affords a quaint definition of the combination of orthoepy with orthography, for he would teach “how to write or paint the image of man’s voice like to the life or nature.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac