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... METRICAL SUBORDINATION In discussing the stress contours of English ( 3.3 ) we gave some attention to the principle of hierarchical organisation and the consequent subordination of certain stressed syllables to others within the ...
... METRICAL SUBORDINATION In discussing the stress contours of English ( 3.3 ) we gave some attention to the principle of hierarchical organisation and the consequent subordination of certain stressed syllables to others within the ...
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Derek Attridge. Since the metrical subordination here is more of a fiction than a reality - ' slow ' requires too much semantic emphasis to be weakened - this Alexandrine can scarcely be read without seven beats . Naturally , we find a ...
Derek Attridge. Since the metrical subordination here is more of a fiction than a reality - ' slow ' requires too much semantic emphasis to be weakened - this Alexandrine can scarcely be read without seven beats . Naturally , we find a ...
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... subordination of ' feet ' and ' teeth ' , though this is what the metre requires , and the pause encourages an implied offbeat even though there is no accompanying double offbeat . In the ... metrical subordination METRICAL SUBORDINATION 237.
... subordination of ' feet ' and ' teeth ' , though this is what the metre requires , and the pause encourages an implied offbeat even though there is no accompanying double offbeat . In the ... metrical subordination METRICAL SUBORDINATION 237.
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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