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prosody
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[ˈprəʊzədi], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry
(e.g: the translator is not obliged to reproduce the prosody of the original)
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
(e.g: the salience of prosody in child language acquisition)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 15th century: from Latin prosodia ‘accent of a syllable’, from Greek prosōidia ‘song sung to music, tone of a syllable’, from pros ‘towards’ + ōidē ‘song’
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