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... perception of that rhythmic activity . Fundamental to the iambic pentameter , for instance , is its fivefold ... perception of metre is the perception of rhythmic beats , a matter not of arithmetic but THE GENERATIVE APPROACH 53.
... perception of that rhythmic activity . Fundamental to the iambic pentameter , for instance , is its fivefold ... perception of metre is the perception of rhythmic beats , a matter not of arithmetic but THE GENERATIVE APPROACH 53.
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... perception , we need to be aware that although the native speaker can ' hear ' the syllables of his language very clearly , this is not merely a matter of the brain's processing certain acoustic properties in a mechanical way . The ...
... perception , we need to be aware that although the native speaker can ' hear ' the syllables of his language very clearly , this is not merely a matter of the brain's processing certain acoustic properties in a mechanical way . The ...
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... perception ( though this in turn is probably based on the fundamental properties of muscular action ) . For example , Woodrow ( 1909 ) , in a series of experiments in which subjects were asked to report on their rhythmic perception of a ...
... perception ( though this in turn is probably based on the fundamental properties of muscular action ) . For example , Woodrow ( 1909 ) , in a series of experiments in which subjects were asked to report on their rhythmic perception of a ...
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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