Accent after name
Accent after name
Why would an accent occur after an Italian surname?
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MarcuccioV
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Re: Accent after name
It could be either an acute or grave accent. It would help if we knew the surname.
An acute accent occurs over the letter "e" only and serves as a pronunciation modifier.
A grave accent can be over ANY vowel and most commonly changes the meaning of two identically-spelled words...
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If you ignore your foundation, your house will soon collapse...
Surnames: Attiani Belli Bucci Calvano Cerci Del Brusco Falera Giorgi Latini Marsili Mattia Mezzo Nardecchia Pellegrini Piacentini Pizzuti Pontecorvo Recchia Topani Ziantona & Zorli
Re: Accent after name
An accent doesn't occur AFTER a surname, but on its last letter (a vowel).
Yet, I know it's just a matter of notation.
Sometimes, you might find it written as (for example) Carra' ; but that is an apostrophe, the correct notation is Carrà
You can sometimes find an apostrophe in surnames such as "de' Liguori"
Yet, I know it's just a matter of notation.
Sometimes, you might find it written as (for example) Carra' ; but that is an apostrophe, the correct notation is Carrà
You can sometimes find an apostrophe in surnames such as "de' Liguori"
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darkerhorse
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Re: Accent after name
Does that place the accent on the last syllable of the surname (Car RAH) as with nouns like citta' (cit TAH)? (I know the mark belongs above the a but I can't place the mark above the a with my keyboard.)PippoM wrote: 21 Jan 2022, 09:07 An accent doesn't occur AFTER a surname, but on its last letter (a vowel).
Yet, I know it's just a matter of notation.
Sometimes, you might find it written as (for example) Carra' ; but that is an apostrophe, the correct notation is Carrà
You can sometimes find an apostrophe in surnames such as "de' Liguori"
Re: Accent after name
(I don't understand well what you ask).
The accent on these words (Carrà, città) indicates that the 'accento tonico' (tonic accent or stress) is on the last syllable; the stress on the last syllable of a word with more than one syllable must be shown with a (grafic) accent on the corresponding vowel.
If the stress is on another vowel is not written unless you want to show it (such as in a dictionary). So in reading you must know where is the stress of a word (as happens in English).
In words with only one syllable the accent is used to distinguish two words with same pronunciation but different meaning.
Ex. : da = from ; dà = (he) gives
The accent on these words (Carrà, città) indicates that the 'accento tonico' (tonic accent or stress) is on the last syllable; the stress on the last syllable of a word with more than one syllable must be shown with a (grafic) accent on the corresponding vowel.
If the stress is on another vowel is not written unless you want to show it (such as in a dictionary). So in reading you must know where is the stress of a word (as happens in English).
In words with only one syllable the accent is used to distinguish two words with same pronunciation but different meaning.
Ex. : da = from ; dà = (he) gives
