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Page 71
... alternation manifests itself is in the choices English speakers make among possible phrasings ; thus Bolinger ( 1965 ) notes that we tend to say a free and easy manner in preference to an easy and free manner , or bright and shining ...
... alternation manifests itself is in the choices English speakers make among possible phrasings ; thus Bolinger ( 1965 ) notes that we tend to say a free and easy manner in preference to an easy and free manner , or bright and shining ...
Page 73
... alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables : the number of nonstresses between stresses could vary freely without affecting rhythmic regularity . We have already noted , how- ever , that the syllable is itself a rhythmic unit ...
... alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables : the number of nonstresses between stresses could vary freely without affecting rhythmic regularity . We have already noted , how- ever , that the syllable is itself a rhythmic unit ...
Page 118
... alternation that begins with the secondary beat ; this is achieved by starting the line with two relatively weak syllables , which are interpreted , once the general rhythmic scheme has been established , as a secondary beat and offbeat ...
... alternation that begins with the secondary beat ; this is achieved by starting the line with two relatively weak syllables , which are interpreted , once the general rhythmic scheme has been established , as a secondary beat and offbeat ...
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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