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Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. In American Sign Language, pronunciation describes how a sign is constructed.

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Pronunciation is the way a word or language is spoken, and it also describes how signs are constructed in American Sign Language. It matters because it determines how language is understood and communicated, whether through spoken words or visual signs.

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Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. In American Sign Language, pronunciation describes how a sign is constructed.

This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or all language in a specific dialect—"correct" or "standard" pronunciation—or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.

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