Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to prosody, or to quantity and versification.
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- adjective Of, or relating to,
prosody .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
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Examples
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In the case of (b) look up passes all the tests, both syntactic and prosodic, of ‘phrasal verb-ness’.
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Dan connects and links London's words and actions from many sources to support the central theme of the book that Jack London was a poet and his lyrical prose style a direct consequence of prosodic studies, poetic aspirations and a lifelong passion for poetry.
A NEW BOOK RELEASE 2010
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“Give me a printout of all sixty-two Romulan prosodic phrase matches and their translations, please,” she said.
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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“Give me a printout of all sixty-two Romulan prosodic phrase matches and their translations, please,” she said.
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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The authors exposed participants to A1A2B1B2 structures with or without prosodic cues.
Archive 2010-06-01 GamesWithWords 2010
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David: This is a different phenomenon, basically an extension of the prosodic system, though I can imagine it might segue into musical quotations.
On speaking music DC 2010
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But a comma might be out of place for prosodic reasons in Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
The girl who kicked the publisher's keister for misplacing an apostrophe Peter Rozovsky 2010
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It doesn't make sense to think of people as speaking 'out of tune' though some prosodic disorders in speech pathology might aptly be described in that way.
Archive 2010-04-01 DC 2010
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“Give me a printout of all sixty-two Romulan prosodic phrase matches and their translations, please,” she said.
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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It doesn't make sense to think of people as speaking 'out of tune' though some prosodic disorders in speech pathology might aptly be described in that way.
On speaking music DC 2010
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