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Metrical phonology — is a theory of stress or linguistic prominence.[1] [2] The innovative feature of this theory is that the prominence of a unit is defined relative to other units in the same phrase. For example, in the most common pronunciation of the phrase… … Wikipedia
Xiqu musical structure — Musical structure is the most fundamental aspect of music in Xiqu (sung drama/opera). There are two main styles of musical structure: the lianquti (‘joined song style’, also called qupai liantaoti, ‘fixed melody joined set style’); and the… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… … Universalium
Psalms — • The Psalter, or Book of Psalms, is the first book of the Writings , i.e. of the third section of the printed Hebrew Bible of today. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Psalms Psalms … Catholic encyclopedia
Ottawa phonology — Main article: Ottawa language Ottawa (also spelled Odawa) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken in a series of communities in southern Ontario and a smaller number of communities in northern Michigan. Ottawa has a phonological inventory of… … Wikipedia
Clave (rhythm) — This article is about the rhythmic pattern. For the musical instrument, see claves. Three of the four main forms of clave. … Wikipedia
YIDDISH LITERATURE — This articles is arranged according to the following outline: introduction UNTIL THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY the bible in yiddish literature epic homiletic prose drama liturgy ethical literature Historical Songs and Writings transcriptions of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Additive rhythm and divisive rhythm — Additive and divisive meters. In music, additive and divisive are terms used to distinguish two types of both rhythm and meter. A divisive (or, more commonly, multiplicative) rhythm is a rhythm in which a larger period of time is divided into… … Wikipedia
Political verse — (Greek: Politikos stichos, Πολιτικός στίχος), also known as Decapentasyllabic verse (from Greek dekapentasyllabos, δεκαπεντασύλλαβος, lit. 15 syllable ) is a metric form in Modern Greek poetry. It is an iambic verse of fifteen syllables and has… … Wikipedia
Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems — Fred Lerdahl s Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems cites Pierre Boulez s Le Marteau sans Maître (1955) as an example of a huge gap between compositional system and cognized result, though he could have illustrated just as well with… … Wikipedia
