prosody
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ə noun
1.
the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
2.
a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody.
3.
Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the study of poetic metre and of the art of versification, including rhyme, stanzaic forms, and the quantity and stress of syllables |
| 2. | a system of versification |
| 3. | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
| [C15: from Latin prosōdia accent of a syllable, from Greek prosōidia song set to music, from pros towards + ōidē, from aoidē song; see | |
| prosodic | |
| —adj | |
| 'prosodist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
prosody
mid-15c., from L. prosodia, from Gk. prosoidia "song sung to music," also "accent, modulation," from pros "to" + oide "song, poem" (see ode).
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Example sentences
Fluent reading has three elements: accurate reading of connected text, at a conversational rate with appropriate prosody.
Length of interval, and not accent, is therefore the determining element in prosody.
What remains constant is his cool, velvety use of traditional prosody and forms.
The prosody fits, they get you into the meat of the number.
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