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... perhaps even overstated it : Ker ( 1928 , pp . 205-6 ) claims that the four - beat measure ' agrees with certain common tendencies or habits in the human mind , and is in a sense more natural , more easily found out and appropriated ...
... perhaps even overstated it : Ker ( 1928 , pp . 205-6 ) claims that the four - beat measure ' agrees with certain common tendencies or habits in the human mind , and is in a sense more natural , more easily found out and appropriated ...
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... perhaps just pegs on which , historically , conventional associations have been hung , is impossible ( and perhaps empty ) . Attempts to ascertain exactly the degree of motivation in language founder in the same zone of uncertainty ...
... perhaps just pegs on which , historically , conventional associations have been hung , is impossible ( and perhaps empty ) . Attempts to ascertain exactly the degree of motivation in language founder in the same zone of uncertainty ...
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... perhaps , both the voice of divine order and the voice of human doubt . Notes 1. The following statements are representative of many more : ' Now this is very profound , what rhythm is , and goes far deeper than words . A sight , an ...
... perhaps , both the voice of divine order and the voice of human doubt . Notes 1. The following statements are representative of many more : ' Now this is very profound , what rhythm is , and goes far deeper than words . A sight , an ...
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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