Difference between revisions of "Prosody"
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| − | '''Prosody''' (from the Greek, ''"prosösida"'': song or sung to music.) | + | '''Prosody''' (from the [[Greek]], ''"prosösida"'': song or sung to ''music''.) |
| − | :1. The theory or practice of versification, poetry, the branch of knowledge that deals with the forms of metrical composition (poems and lyrics.) | + | :1. The theory or practice of versification, [[poetry]], the branch of knowledge that deals with the forms of metrical composition (poems and lyrics.) |
:2. Correct pronunciation or the study of pronunciation. | :2. Correct pronunciation or the study of pronunciation. | ||
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Prosody (from the Greek, "prosösida": song or sung to music.)
- 1. The theory or practice of versification, poetry, the branch of knowledge that deals with the forms of metrical composition (poems and lyrics.)
- 2. Correct pronunciation or the study of pronunciation.
Source: Brown, Lesley (Editor-in-Chief), Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles – Sixth Edition. Volume 2, N-Z, Page 2375. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007.
