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| − | Prosody | + | '''Prosody''' covers a wide variety of facts and phenomena related to stress, intonation, rhythm, and phrasing. Phonologically, prosody is the description of suprasegmental units like feet, syllables, and moras and the concepts associated with those units; phonetically, prosody involves the measurement of parameters like duration, amplitude, and formant frequencies. Prosody is known to help with the organization and planning of speech and provide cues during language acquisition and speech processing. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
*Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing. | *Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing. | ||
| + | *Arvaniti, A. (2020, July 30). The Phonetics of Prosody. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. | ||
| + | *http://liceu.uab.cat/publicacions/MATE_D1_1_6_Prosody/D11_6_Prosody.html | ||
[[Category: Phonology]] | [[Category: Phonology]] | ||
[[Category: Phonetics]] | [[Category: Phonetics]] | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:52, 22 January 2021
Prosody covers a wide variety of facts and phenomena related to stress, intonation, rhythm, and phrasing. Phonologically, prosody is the description of suprasegmental units like feet, syllables, and moras and the concepts associated with those units; phonetically, prosody involves the measurement of parameters like duration, amplitude, and formant frequencies. Prosody is known to help with the organization and planning of speech and provide cues during language acquisition and speech processing.
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References
- Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
- Arvaniti, A. (2020, July 30). The Phonetics of Prosody. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics.
- http://liceu.uab.cat/publicacions/MATE_D1_1_6_Prosody/D11_6_Prosody.html
