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prosody

[ pros-uh-dee ]

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.


prosody

/ prəˈsɒdɪk; ˈprɒsədɪ /

noun

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è°ù´Ç²õ´Ç»å¾±²õ³Ù, noun
  • prosodic, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù´Ç·²õ´Ç»å·¾±³¦ [pr, uh, -, sod, -ik], ±è°ù´Ç·²õ´Ç»å·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prosody1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ±è°ù´Ç²õŻ徱²¹, from Greek ±è°ù´Ç²õž±»åí²¹ “tone or accent, modulation of voice, song sung to music,†equivalent to ±è°ùó²õ “toward†+ ž±»å(ḗ) ode + -ia -y 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prosody1

C15: from Latin ±è°ù´Ç²õŻ徱²¹ accent of a syllable, from Greek ±è°ù´Ç²õž±»å¾±²¹ song set to music, from pros towards + ž±»åŧ, from ²¹´Ç¾±»åŧ song; see ode
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Example Sentences

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Other parameters come into play, such as prosody, which includes pauses, accentuation and intonation.

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This juxtaposition is far from coincidental, as the researchers' experiments revealed that dog brains respond in the same positive ways to exaggerated prosody as our very own infants.

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If a brain-computer interface could re-create someone’s speech with the inherent prosody and emotional weight found in music, it could reconstruct far more than just words.

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Linguists call this language feature “prosody,†something machines have had a hard time mastering.

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Spencer showed a wonderful sense of prosody and storytelling in “I Know My Soul,†and Thompson sounded an exultant, if sometimes strident, call to celebration in “My People.â€

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