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... pairing formations . We can call this variation postponed pairing , and a ... stress contour . The line by Keats which Halle and Keyser regard as ... initial pairing , as in ( 65 ) ( 67 ) , than in stress - final pairing , as in ( 64 ) ...
... pairing formations . We can call this variation postponed pairing , and a ... stress contour . The line by Keats which Halle and Keyser regard as ... initial pairing , as in ( 65 ) ( 67 ) , than in stress - final pairing , as in ( 64 ) ...
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... pairing . The picture is complicated , however , by the preference in stress - initial pairing for a syntactic break between the stresses , allowing a natural pause to do duty for the implied offbeat , and creating a relatively discrete ...
... pairing . The picture is complicated , however , by the preference in stress - initial pairing for a syntactic break between the stresses , allowing a natural pause to do duty for the implied offbeat , and creating a relatively discrete ...
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... pairing is that the inner stress of the formation must be a monosyllable , except , in the case of stress - initial pairing , when it follows a syntactic break . Since a demoted stress , too , can only be a monosyllable ( setting aside ...
... pairing is that the inner stress of the formation must be a monosyllable , except , in the case of stress - initial pairing , when it follows a syntactic break . Since a demoted stress , too , can only be a monosyllable ( setting aside ...
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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