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... means of which meaning is conveyed . The syllable , however , is the smallest rhythmic unit of the language ; like the step in walking , it is the repeatable event which keeps the utterance going , the carrier of all the elements in the ...
... means of which meaning is conveyed . The syllable , however , is the smallest rhythmic unit of the language ; like the step in walking , it is the repeatable event which keeps the utterance going , the carrier of all the elements in the ...
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... mean ' versification ' . These features are an essential part of language , and the ability to use them is learned at ... means used by the English language ( and certain other languages with similar sound - characteristics ) to achieve ...
... mean ' versification ' . These features are an essential part of language , and the ability to use them is learned at ... means used by the English language ( and certain other languages with similar sound - characteristics ) to achieve ...
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... means of unsettling the fixities normally sustained by language and challenging our assumptions of order and cohesion in the world and in ourselves . The approaches to rhythmically ordered language that we have considered in the ...
... means of unsettling the fixities normally sustained by language and challenging our assumptions of order and cohesion in the world and in ourselves . The approaches to rhythmically ordered language that we have considered in the ...
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TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 44 |
34 | 50 |
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acceptable alliteration allow already alternation approach beat beginning chapter classical common complex conventions course create demands demotion deviation discussion distinction double offbeat duple effect emphasis English example expectations experience expressive fact falling final five-beat four-beat function further give given hand iambic implied offbeat important indicate initial instance inversion kind language less linguistic means metre metrical pattern metrical set movement natural nonstresses normal noted observed occur opening optional pairing particular pause pentameter perceived perhaps phrase poem poetry poets position possible preference principle produces promotion pronunciation provides reader reading realisation reflect regular result rhyme rhythm rhythmic rules scansion semantic sense sequence simple single sounds speech stanza stress strong structure style subordination suggest syntactic tension theory third tradition triple trochaic underlying units unstressed syllables usually variation verse