syllable-timed — /sil euh beuhl tuymd /, adj. Phonet. (of a language) having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time. Cf. stress timed. * * * ˈsyllable timed 7 [syllable… … Useful english dictionary
syllable-timed — UK / US adjective linguistics in a syllable timed language, each syllable has a regular rhythm and there are no stresses See: stress timed … English dictionary
stress-timed — /stres tuymd /, adj. Phonet. (of a language) having a rhythm in which stressed syllables tend to occur at regular intervals of time, regardless of the number of intervening unstressed syllables. Cf. syllable timed. * * * stress timed UK US… … Useful english dictionary
stress-timed — UK / US adjective linguistics in a stress timed language, there is a regular pattern of stressed syllables See: syllable timed … English dictionary
stress-timed — /stres tuymd /, adj. Phonet. (of a language) having a rhythm in which stressed syllables tend to occur at regular intervals of time, regardless of the number of intervening unstressed syllables. Cf. syllable timed. * * * … Universalium
Isochrony — is the postulated rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language. Isochrony is one of the three aspects of prosody, the others being intonation and stress. Three alternative ways in which a language can divide time are postulated:… … Wikipedia
Timing (linguistics) — Language timing is the rhythmic quality of a particular type of speech, in particular how syllables are distributed across time. One common way of describing language timing is by dividing languages into those with stress timing and those with… … Wikipedia
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