Wie man „volition“ auf Englisch ausspricht
voʊˈlɪʃən
voh·LIH·shən
Hauptbetonung: LIH
Höre Muttersprachler „volition“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “volition”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
voh
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
LIH
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
shən
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the second syllable ("LIH"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America.
How Native Speakers Say It: In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When "volition" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "volition is" sounds like "volition-iz").
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "volition" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Shifts primary stress to the syllable immediately preceding "-tion".
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“words like "consciousness" or "volition," "however."”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“Volition is a social enterprise building digital tools to help people to practice supported decision making.”— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“He claimed things like volition, will, initiation of action.”— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“volition kind of volunteered and created this course out of nothingness because he himself was a little bit frustrated as a prior 106 student and how wanting”— StanfordWatch clip
“A crisis in political volition.”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“his body was seemingly moved without his volition uh and these days of course people with schizophrenia will have more”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „volition“
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words like "consciousness" or "volition," "however."
Im Kontext hören: “volition”
131 ClipsThe Englisch word “volition” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as voʊˈlɪʃən (phonetic respelling: voh-LIH-shən). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (voh · LIH · shən), with primary lexical stress placed on the 2nd syllable (LIH). Grammatically, “volition” functions as a noun. SayItVid indexes 131 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “volition” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses, TEDx Talks, MIT OpenCourseWare.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #1 · @8:39
“elevated prose, but prose, prose that uses words like "consciousness" or "volition," "however." When was the last time you saw a poem that said "however"? When was the last time you saw a poem that said "however"?”
- 🇺🇸 USTEDx TalksClip #2 · @17:08
“I now spend my days leading volition. Volition is a social enterprise building digital tools to help people to practice supported decision making. to practice supported decision making.”
- 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWareClip #3 · @12:22
“Higher functions? He claimed things like volition, will, initiation of action. Now, there were other people around that same time”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #4 · @35:09
“leader who is um very well versed in C++ and who in fact kind of of his own uh volition kind of volunteered and created this course out of nothingness because he himself was a little bit frustrated as a prior 106 student and how wanting he himself was a little bit frustrated as a prior 106 student and how wanting”
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #5 · @6:13
“practices and patterns. A crisis in political volition. A crisis in constitutional issues.”
Definition & Bedeutung: “volition”
- A conscious choice or decision.
- The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “[…] And as the Understanding doth at once apprehend it as Good Abſolutely, or in ſome Reſpect, and Evil in other reſpects, and Comparatively a Leſs Good; ſo doth the Will at once continue to Love or Will it ſo farre as it is Apprehended as Good, and to Nill and Reject it as inconſiſtent with a Greater Good, or a hinderer of it. But if it fall out that the Inconſiſtency of theſe is not diſcerned or believed, or but Imperfectly, then may the Will by a Practical Volition Will them both.”
- “Out of all the factors that can influence a person’s decision, none can match the power of his or her own volition.”
- “words like "consciousness" or "volition," "however." When was the last time you saw a poem that said "however"?”
Häufige Redewendungen & Kollokationen
Aussprache: “volition”
- Pronunciation:
- voh-LIH-shən
- Silben:
- voh · LIH · shən
- Written Hyphenation:
- vo · li · tion
- Hauptbetonung:
- LIH
- IPA:
- voʊˈlɪʃən
- Im Kontext hören
- volition
Reimwörter für “volition”
-ɪʃənKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "volition" (⁄voʊˈlɪʃən⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „volition“
Wie spricht man „volition“ aus?
„volition“ wird als ⁄voʊˈlɪʃən⁄ (voh-LIH-shən) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „volition“?
„volition“ hat 3 Silben: voh · LIH · shən.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „volition“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „volition“ liegt auf „LIH“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „volition“?
A conscious choice or decision.
Wie kann ich „volition“ in echten Sätzen hören?
Diese Seite enthält 131 echte Videobeispiele für „volition“ mit synchronisierten Untertiteln. Nutze Zurück / Weiter (oder die Pfeiltasten ← / →), um jedes Beispiel genau im Moment des Sprechens zu hören.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “volition”?
Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America. In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].