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... common underlying rhythms more clearly . ) The group of subjects was asked to recite in chorus a stanza by Emily Dickinson in common metre ; the recorded syllable durations indicate that in such a reading unrealised beats at the ends of ...
... common underlying rhythms more clearly . ) The group of subjects was asked to recite in chorus a stanza by Emily Dickinson in common metre ; the recorded syllable durations indicate that in such a reading unrealised beats at the ends of ...
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... common between waltz - rhythm and iambic metre . This rhythmic difference between rising and falling groups may , as we noted in Chapter 3 , be an outcome of the physiological processes of stress - production ; however , psychological ...
... common between waltz - rhythm and iambic metre . This rhythmic difference between rising and falling groups may , as we noted in Chapter 3 , be an outcome of the physiological processes of stress - production ; however , psychological ...
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... common ) . In the case of a strong run - on from a final stress to an initial stress the effect is certainly closer to that of an implied offbeat , but even here the pause induced by the line - end takes the place of the missing offbeat ...
... common ) . In the case of a strong run - on from a final stress to an initial stress the effect is certainly closer to that of an implied offbeat , but even here the pause induced by the line - end takes the place of the missing 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