If difficulties arise in the pronunciation of certain words or phrases, this does not necessarily mean that there are problems with diction. Difficulties in pronunciation are characteristic due to the huge number of complex words, most of which are often used specific terms (hydrometeorology, geomorphology, agricultural products and others). Particularly distinguishable are such unpronounceable words in the Russian language as the names of chemical elements and drugs, for example, deoxyribonucleic acid. The article will talk about hard-to-pronounce words in Russian, about the ways of their formation and types, as well as how to work on their pronunciation.
Origin of difficult words
Most of the unpronounceable words came into Russian from foreign languages. Basically, they denote the names of professions, positions, technology, sports. For example, a merchandiser (job title), a refrigerator (equipment).
At the household level, hard-to-pronounce words do not constitute any problems, since they can be replaced by a simpler synonym, for example, the word “diversification” can be replaced by the word “expansion”, the word “prolonged” - “long-playing”. But when making an official speech, a report, in an announcer's work on television or radio, it is necessary to adhere to strictly defined and prescribed terminology and operate with precise concepts.
For a speaker or announcer, phrases and words that cannot be uttered are a reason for tension and excitement. Hard-to-pronounce words lead to “stumbling” during speech. But you can’t do without them either, so it’s important to know how to write and pronounce such expressions correctly.
What are spoken words
As a rule, such words consist of several roots, and sometimes more, for example, "agricultural", "hard to reach."
And here are the expressions that cause difficulties in pronunciation for speakers and speakers:
- used
- benefited;
- participated;
- recorded
- patronized;
- enhancements;
- satellite;
- state.
The most difficult words
The difficulty in pronouncing words is influenced not only by the number of roots in its composition, but also by the number of letters it consists of, that is, the longest words are compound and the most difficult to pronounce. Consider the record words for unpronounceability.
In the Guinness Book of Records, the longest Russian word is “highly discerning”, before this word the record holder was “X-ray electrocardiographic”.
The longest word, according to the Grammar dictionary of A. A. Zaliznyak, is “private business”; verbs -requirers - “internationalize”, “substantialize”, “re-examine”; record nouns - "excellence", "hate"; animated nouns - “clerk”, “eleventh grader”; adverb - "unsatisfactory."
In the RAS spelling dictionary, the most unpronounceable word is an adjective with a hyphen - "agricultural engineering" and an adjective without a hyphen - "electrophotonic semiconductor", no less difficult to pronounce and a noun - "water-mud and paraffin treatment."
What are unpronounceable words for?
There are really a lot of hard-to-pronounce words in the Russian language, but they very concisely and accurately convey the essence of phenomena or objects in the name. For example, balloonist, armored personnel carrier, agricultural, natural sciences, literary criticism and many others.
Compound words are terms, definitions, or concepts. For example, a huge number of unpronounceable words in the names of chemical preparations: methylpropenylene dihydroxycinamenacrylate; trinitrotoluene (explosive), deoxyribonucleic acid, dimethylalkylbenzylammonium chloride.
Difficult words are found in colloquial speech: superman, dance floor and so on.
The Internet is replete with lists of phrases that are difficult to pronounce when drunk (of course, these are not scientific studies, but observations from everyday life, but a rather entertaining observation), the most common words in these lists are: calculative, difficult to pronounce, poorly coordinated, satisfactory.
In addition to words that cause difficulties in their pronunciation, there are also difficult-to-pronounce phrases, the purpose of which is to improve pronunciation, that is, they are used to develop the speech apparatus, help to learn to speak clearly and clearly. Such phrases are called - tongue twisters.
Is it possible to learn to pronounce complex words and how?
For clear speech tongue twisters are needed, they are designed for these purposes. They are poetic and very easy to remember. They do not have to be pronounced quickly, it is enough to pronounce them correctly, clearly, observing the rhythm.
It is necessary to constantly train in the pronunciation of tongue twisters, exercise should be daily, for about 15 minutes.
As a result of hard work, hard-to-pronounce phrases and words will turn into ordinary ones, will be easy to pronounce and not cause inconvenience and problems.