PROSODY

prosody, metrics

(noun) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

prosody, inflection

(noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prosody (countable and uncountable, plural prosodies)

(linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.

(poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

Source: Wiktionary


Pros"o*dy, n. Etym: [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. prosodie. See Ode.]

Definition: That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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