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... produces the stress is arrested within the stressed syllable , usually by means of a long vowel ( or diphthong ) or a final consonant , or whether a following unstressed syllable is used in the arrest of the stress , usually when there ...
... produces the stress is arrested within the stressed syllable , usually by means of a long vowel ( or diphthong ) or a final consonant , or whether a following unstressed syllable is used in the arrest of the stress , usually when there ...
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... produces an opening of -s + s + s − s −s + s . . . , and within this , the sequence + s -s - s + s tends to form a separate unit , thereby creating a hiatus after the first beat , and an unbalanced 1 : 4 line . Stress - final pairing ...
... produces an opening of -s + s + s − s −s + s . . . , and within this , the sequence + s -s - s + s tends to form a separate unit , thereby creating a hiatus after the first beat , and an unbalanced 1 : 4 line . Stress - final pairing ...
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... produces a slight degree of tension , and this tension contributes to the unease that hovers about even the apparently ordinary descriptions in the opening of the poem . ( See Ch . 4 , example ( 22 ) , for another use of this form ...
... produces a slight degree of tension , and this tension contributes to the unease that hovers about even the apparently ordinary descriptions in the opening of the poem . ( See Ch . 4 , example ( 22 ) , for another use of this form ...
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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