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... unstressed . Or , more simply , a stressed monosyllabic word before another stressed syllable within the same phrase loses its stress . The rule depends , of course , on the prior analysis of the language into stressed and unstressed ...
... unstressed . Or , more simply , a stressed monosyllabic word before another stressed syllable within the same phrase loses its stress . The rule depends , of course , on the prior analysis of the language into stressed and unstressed ...
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... stressed and unstressed syllables should not be thought of as merely a patterning of two contrasting units of language : we are dealing , rather , with a natural product of the muscular processes which underlie all speech . It is a ...
... stressed and unstressed syllables should not be thought of as merely a patterning of two contrasting units of language : we are dealing , rather , with a natural product of the muscular processes which underlie all speech . It is a ...
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... stress - timing were the only rhythmic principle in English , or one that overrode all others , there would be no way of explaining the preference for an alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables : the number of nonstresses ...
... stress - timing were the only rhythmic principle in English , or one that overrode all others , there would be no way of explaining the preference for an alternation between stressed and unstressed syllables : the number of nonstresses ...
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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