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... chapter . To categorise in this way is , of course , to over - simplify and misrepresent a complex web of arguments ; but the survey that follows is intended not as a history of prosodic study , but as an examination of those ways of ...
... chapter . To categorise in this way is , of course , to over - simplify and misrepresent a complex web of arguments ; but the survey that follows is intended not as a history of prosodic study , but as an examination of those ways of ...
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... chapter that although spoken English has an underlying tendency towards regularity , this is seldom fully achieved in normal usage . The ' rhythm ' of a song or a dance , on the other hand , or ' rhythm ' as a psychological phenomenon ...
... chapter that although spoken English has an underlying tendency towards regularity , this is seldom fully achieved in normal usage . The ' rhythm ' of a song or a dance , on the other hand , or ' rhythm ' as a psychological phenomenon ...
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... chapter constitute a fairly random selection from the range of verse forms employed in English poetry , unavoidably wrenched from the contexts which give them a large part of their value and meaning , and discussed with regard to one or ...
... chapter constitute a fairly random selection from the range of verse forms employed in English poetry , unavoidably wrenched from the contexts which give them a large part of their value and meaning , and discussed with regard to one or ...
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