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Meaning of "prosody" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROSODY

From Latin prosōdia accent of a syllable, from Greek prosōidia song set to music, from pros towards + ōidē, from aoidē song.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSODY

prosody  [ˈprɒsədɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSODY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prosody is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSODY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prosody in the English dictionary

The first definition of prosody in the dictionary is the study of poetic metre and of the art of versification, including rhyme, stanzaic forms, and the quantity and stress of syllables. Other definition of prosody is a system of versification. Prosody is also the patterns of stress and intonation in a language.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSODY


bastardy
ˈbɑːstədɪ
beardie
ˈbɪədɪ
custody
ˈkʌstədɪ
jeopardy
ˈdʒɛpədɪ
Lombardy
ˈlɒmbədɪ
Mahanadi
məˈhɑːnədɪ
malady
ˈmælədɪ
melody
ˈmɛlədɪ
monopody
məˈnɒpədɪ
Monteverdi
ˌmɒntɪˈvɛədɪ
nobody
ˈnəʊbədɪ
parody
ˈpærədɪ
Picardy
ˈpɪkədɪ
rhapsody
ˈræpsədɪ
Saturday
ˈsætədɪ
scaredy
ˈskɛədɪ
somebody
ˈsʌmbədɪ
threnody
ˈθrɛnədɪ
Verdi
ˈvɛədɪ
yesterday
ˈjɛstədɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSODY

proso
prosobranch
prosocial
prosodial
prosodian
prosodic
prosodical
prosodically
prosodist
prosoma
prosomal
prosomata
prosopagnosia
prosopographer
prosopographical
prosopographically
prosopography
prosopon
prosopopeia
prosopopeial

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSODY

all-metal body
antibody
anybody
black body
bloody
body
Cody
embody
everybody
fat body
goody
governing body
homebody
hoody
monoclonal antibody
moody
Peabody
unibody
upper body
woody

Synonyms and antonyms of prosody in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prosody» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSODY

Find out the translation of prosody to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prosody from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosody» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

韵律
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prosodia
570 millions of speakers

English

prosody
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छंदशास्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علم العروض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стихосложение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prosódia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছন্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prosodie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prosody
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verslehre
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

韻律
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

운율
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prosody
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thi học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உரைநடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छळछावणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vezin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prosodia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prozodia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віршування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prozodie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσωδία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prosodie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prosodi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosodi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prosody

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSODY»

The term «prosody» is regularly used and occupies the 103.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSODY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prosody

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QUOTES WITH «PROSODY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prosody.
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Theodore Sturgeon
I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSODY»

Discover the use of prosody in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosody and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Prosody in Conversation: Interactional Studies
The essays in this volume are all original contributions dealing in one way or another with the analysis of prosody - primarily intonation and rhythm - and the role it plays in everyday conversation.
Margret Selting, Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, 1996
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Semantic Prosody: A Critical Evaluation
Once again the concept of 'happening' is an integral part of the prosody, the author does not confine himself to stating that HAPPEN has a bad prosody. This accords with his view (1996a:87–88) that “semantic prosody has a leading role to  ...
Dominic Stewart, 2010
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Milton's Prosody. with a Chapter on Accentual Verse & Notes
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Robert Bridges, 2009
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Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody
Hartman examines nonmetrical verse, discusses the conventions that have emerged in the absence of meter, and shows how these conventions can work prosodically.
Charles O. Hartman, 1996
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Prosody in Interaction
This volume presents the state of the art, illustrates current research trends and uncovers potential directions for future research. It will therefore be of major interest to everyone studying spoken interaction.
Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elisabeth Reber, Margret Selting, 2010
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Athabaskan Prosody
Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session
Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice, 2005
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Methods in Empirical Prosody Research
This book presents cutting-edge papers on methods in prosody research, in which experts in the field discuss the gathering, treatment, and interpretation of spoken-language data.
Stefan Sudhoff, 2006
8
Gesture, Segment, Prosody
A collection of research papers dealing with various aspects of the relationship between phonology and phonetics.
Gerard J. Docherty, D. Robert Ladd, 1992
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The Prosody-Morphology Interface
Leading linguists address various issues in the interaction of word formation and prosody.
René Kager, Harry van der Hulst, Wim Zonneveld, 1999
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Pragmatics and Prosody in English Language Teaching
This volume explores the elusive subject of English prosody—the stress, rhythm and intonation of the language—, and its relevance for English language teaching.
Jesús Romero-Trillo, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSODY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosody is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revealed: How Ed Miliband takes leadership lessons in bid to win …
Prosody is described as 'patterns of stress and intonation in a language'. Mr Miliband has attracted the scorn of his political foes after reports emerged of the ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
2
Plymouth: Delegates from Plymouth UK Hosted by Plymouth 400 …
... Board of Selectmen; Ken Ashby, Principal at Prosody Creative Services; Senator Vinny deMacedo; Michele Pecoraro, Executive Director of Plymouth 400, Inc.; ... «95.9 WATD-FM, Mar 15»
3
XMPP (Jabber) szerver - melyiket?
Vagy a Prosody az meg Lua nyelven van, és hozná magával a senki más által eddig nem használt lua csomagokat. A neten láttam egy openfire nevűt, az meg ... «Hungarian Unix Portal, Feb 15»
4
Princeton Establishes Online Prosody Archive for Study of Poetry
Meredith Martin is applying digital tools to the study of poetry. Image courtesy of Denise Princeton University has created the Princeton Prosody Archive, ... «Campus Technology, Feb 15»
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Princeton Prosody Archive brings digital tools to the study of poetry
Enlisting the help of computer scientists and librarians, Martin began in 2011 to build the Princeton Prosody Archive, a full-text searchable database of more than ... «Princeton University, Feb 15»
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Profile: She's Helping to Bring Humanities Studies into the 21st …
What she's doing: In 2007, Martin began compiling the Princeton Prosody Archive, a still growing and searchable database of articles, manuscripts, grammar ... «NJ Spotlight, Oct 14»
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Out-Burroughing William S. Burroughs
This piece, “Prosody,” is a high def, single channel generative video. But when you first enter the gallery, you're greeted by two flat screens featuring circus ... «Hyperallergic, Sep 14»
8
How to Teach a Baby Robot to Talk With Its Hands
The researchers focused on “prosody”—the patterns of intonation in speech that convey nonverbal meaning—and sought to understand whether gestures that ... «Motherboard, Jun 14»
9
Study Looks at Gestures As Part of Language
Linguists define prosody as the intonation and rhythm of spoken language, features that help to highlight sentence structure and therefore make the message ... «PsychCentral.com, Jun 14»
10
A Novel Way to Learn the Rhythmic Pattern of Malayalam Poetry
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 'Thanatta Suthra', a prosody introduced by an unconventional linguist to help learn the rhythmic pattern of Malayalam poetry in an ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 14»

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