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prosody
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prosody
n.
study of poetic meter; metrical system, system for creating verses
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Prosody
Prosody may refer to:
- Prosody (Latin), the study of Latin versification and its laws of meter
- Prosody (linguistics), the characteristics of speech style
- Semantic prosody, a reader/hearer expects a word to be associated with following words of positive or negative meaning (based on collocation)
- Prosody (music), the manner of setting words to music
- Prosody (software), a cross-platform XMPP server written in Lua
- Metre (poetry), the study of poetic meter
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prosody
Noun
1. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
(synonym) inflection
(hypernym) manner of speaking, speech, delivery
(hyponym) intonation, modulation, pitch contour
2. (prosody) a system of versification
(synonym) poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern
(hypernym) versification
(hyponym) meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
(part-holonym) poem, verse form
(classification) metrics
3. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
(synonym) metrics
(hypernym) poetics
(class) measured, metrical, metric
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prosody
n.
prozodie
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Prosody
(n.)
That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
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