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... phonetic , not metrical , rules , and therefore not our direct concern ; but in order to demonstrate the relationship between the two domains it will be useful to make a few general observations about the phonetic properties that are ...
... phonetic , not metrical , rules , and therefore not our direct concern ; but in order to demonstrate the relationship between the two domains it will be useful to make a few general observations about the phonetic properties that are ...
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... phonetic discomfort if the vowel is omitted , because the unvoiced p does not lead easily into the voiced s ( phonetically [ z ] ) ; and in ( 69 ) the sequence of v and n which would result from the dropping of the second vowel of ...
... phonetic discomfort if the vowel is omitted , because the unvoiced p does not lead easily into the voiced s ( phonetically [ z ] ) ; and in ( 69 ) the sequence of v and n which would result from the dropping of the second vowel of ...
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... phonetic conditions , and only a reasonable sensitivity to the stress - timed rhythm of English is necessary . Some readers , it is true , will want to emphasise the syllabic regularity of Milton's verse by eliding phonetically wherever ...
... phonetic conditions , and only a reasonable sensitivity to the stress - timed rhythm of English is necessary . Some readers , it is true , will want to emphasise the syllabic regularity of Milton's verse by eliding phonetically wherever ...
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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