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... metrical theory , soon to become the dominant linguistic approach to verse form in English , and the most rapidly proliferating of all branches of metrical theory.3 Just as Chomsky had initiated his linguistic revolution by ...
... metrical theory , soon to become the dominant linguistic approach to verse form in English , and the most rapidly proliferating of all branches of metrical theory.3 Just as Chomsky had initiated his linguistic revolution by ...
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... theories of generative phonology , specific and detailed accounts of that area of language most germane to metrical study : its patterns of stress . These two ways of drawing on recent linguistic theory are quite separate : it is ...
... theories of generative phonology , specific and detailed accounts of that area of language most germane to metrical study : its patterns of stress . These two ways of drawing on recent linguistic theory are quite separate : it is ...
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... theory is developing towards metrical theory ; a recent study of English stress ( Giegerich , 1980 ) , for instance , proposes - with no reference to verse rules for spoken English that closely parallel metrical rules governing implied ...
... theory is developing towards metrical theory ; a recent study of English stress ( Giegerich , 1980 ) , for instance , proposes - with no reference to verse rules for spoken English that closely parallel metrical rules governing implied ...
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TRADITIONAL APPROACHES | 3 |
LINGUISTIC APPROACHES | 44 |
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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