The term "accent shift" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a change in pronunciation or emphasis on a particular syllable or word in a sentence. One could use it to describe a change in accent between two dialects or to point out a specific shift in emphasis in a sentence. Example: The British accent shift from "tomato" to "tomAAtow" is quite distinct from the American accent.
Such forms, combined with a system of infixed accusative and dative pronouns (i.e., pronouns inserted within a word) and syntactical accent shifts, produced a verbal system almost as complicated as that of Basque, though transparently Indo-European in origin.
Tomorrow and Sunday, the accent shifts considerably: Mark Peskanov, a violinist, and Steven Beck, a pianist, will play three Sonatas by Schubert (D. 384, 384 and 408), with Mr. Beck having the spotlight to himself in Brahms's "Four Pieces" (Op. 119).
It's not right, but it's beautiful.' " And with that elegant suggestion, it becomes clear that Dawn, whose accent shifts elegantly from black to white depending on the situation, is an inspired choice for this amusing show about courtship.
(The tone is vaguely dystopian: "Field militia, Cold War blue / Broken glass on cobbled streets / Through TV cameras straight to you"). Then a vamp-based coda gradually assumes a reggae lilt: the setup for another song, "Mulberry's Dream". Eventually that morphs too, the accent shifting from upbeat to downbeat, until what's left is a bass-thumping techno groove.
Carell is impossible not to like with his Transylvania accent shifting between bravado and acquiescence.
In New Orleans around the turn of the 20th century, Latin American music influenced the city's early jazz style, endowing it with a distinctive syncopated (accents shifted to weak beats) rhythmic character.
In this case, the final "e" would be pronounced (as an "ee" or "aye"), giving the name four syllables, and the accent would shift from the first syllable, to either the second or third syllable, depending on whether the medial syllables are considered short or long.
Researchers at Oxford believe they have zeroed in on the brain region involved in the syndrome, which causes patients' accents to shift suddenly.
We discussed our distinctly different lives, laughed and told each other stories; during one of his stories, he proclaimed, "I swear to God!" in an accent that shifted to authentically New York.
The unfortunate Ms. Scott, a brassy young Broadway veteran ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "Aida"), has eight octopuslike tentacles to contend with, which may account for the bizarre mutability of her accent, which shifts among Cockney, plummy English, Brooklynese and Zsa Zsa Gabor Hungarian.
