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... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , softly , into the rat - droppings and coins . After school he lured Ceolred , who was sniggering with fright , down to the old quarries , and flayed him . Then ...
... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , softly , into the rat - droppings and coins . After school he lured Ceolred , who was sniggering with fright , down to the old quarries , and flayed him . Then ...
Page 319
... Ceolred was his friend , and remained so , even after the day -S + S + S -S of the lost fighter A rapid run of syllables is brought to a halt by two successive stresses , where stress - timing abruptly slows down the rhythm and ...
... Ceolred was his friend , and remained so , even after the day -S + S + S -S of the lost fighter A rapid run of syllables is brought to a halt by two successive stresses , where stress - timing abruptly slows down the rhythm and ...
Page 320
... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , B 0 + S B Bo -S + S -S -S -S - S - S ŏ B -S + S softly , into the rat - droppings and coins B O B o The sentence itself softly trails away into the rhythms of ordinary ...
... Ceolred let it spin through a hole in the classroom - floorboards , B 0 + S B Bo -S + S -S -S -S - S - S ŏ B -S + S softly , into the rat - droppings and coins B O B o The sentence itself softly trails away into the rhythms of ordinary ...
Contents
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES 8228 | 28 |
THE RHYTHMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH | 59 |
THE FOURBEAT RHYTHM | 76 |
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accentual-syllabic verse alternation anapaestic Bo Bo Ceolred classical approach common metre complex create demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple metre duple verse emphasis English metre English poetry English verse example falling rhythm five-beat line following line four-beat line four-beat rhythm four-beat verse function iambic pentameter implied offbeat initial inversion initial offbeat Kiparsky language linguistic literary metrical form metrical pattern metrical rules metrical set metrical structure metrical style metrical theory metrist movement nonstresses ŏ B ŏ occur offbeat condition optional pause perceived perception phonetic phonological phrase poem poetic poetry poets pronunciation prosody reader reading rhyme rhythmic form rhythmic structure rhythmic unit scansion semantic sense sequence single offbeat speech rhythms stanza stress contour stress pattern stress-final pairing stress-initial pairing stress-timing stressed and unstressed strong syntactic break syntax tension tradition triple metre triple rhythm triple verse trochaic trochee underlying rhythm unrealised beat unstressed syllables words