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SPEECH RHYTHM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
Example:
the rhythm of Frost's poetry
Synonyms:
rhythm; speech rhythm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("speech rhythm" is a kind of...):
guide; template; templet (a model or standard for making comparisons)
inflection; prosody (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)
