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Page 125
... less simple and less salient perceptual form than a four - beat rhythm scarcely needs demonstrating ; if experimental evidence is required , Woodrow ( 1951 , p . 1234 ) reports that subjects find rhythmic groups of five more difficult ...
... less simple and less salient perceptual form than a four - beat rhythm scarcely needs demonstrating ; if experimental evidence is required , Woodrow ( 1951 , p . 1234 ) reports that subjects find rhythmic groups of five more difficult ...
Page 141
... less likely to affect what occurs before and after it – and in part a result of the less prominent rhythmic pattern of five units . In other words , the distinguishing feature of five - beat verse is that it observes the continuous ...
... less likely to affect what occurs before and after it – and in part a result of the less prominent rhythmic pattern of five units . In other words , the distinguishing feature of five - beat verse is that it observes the continuous ...
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... less simple rhythmic organisation and less fluent movement . If such a line occurs in verse which by a preponderance of the other type of line has established a metrical set incorporating the more even division as a preference , it will ...
... less simple rhythmic organisation and less fluent movement . If such a line occurs in verse which by a preponderance of the other type of line has established a metrical set incorporating the more even division as a preference , it will ...
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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