akcentowy

Akcentowy is a Polish adjective meaning related to an accent or accented. It is formed from the noun akcent (accent, emphasis) with the suffix -owy. The term is used in Polish to describe features tied to emphasis in speech or to written marks that indicate pronunciation. Its precise sense depends on the linguistic or typographic context.

In linguistics and phonology, akcentowy describes aspects connected with syllable stress or prominence in speech. It can denote the akcentowy pattern of a language or the description of how primary or secondary stress is distributed across words, syllables, or morphemes. The concept is commonly addressed when comparing languages with different stress systems or when analyzing prosody within a language.

In orthography and typography, akcentowy relates to diacritics or accent marks on letters. The phrase is used to discuss characters bearing acute, grave, circumflex and other diacritics, as well as related issues in font design, encoding (such as Unicode), and keyboard input methods that enable accented characters. The term helps distinguish between unaccented letters and those modified by diacritical signs.

Overall, akcentowy is a broad, context-dependent descriptor used in language studies and text technology to signal relations to accent, whether in spoken emphasis or written diacritics. See also diacritics, stress, orthography.