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The time it actually takes to say each unit out loud tends to equalise even though the word ' freedom ' gives the ... work in English which tends to alter the duration of stress units and make them approximate to one another in length .
The time it actually takes to say each unit out loud tends to equalise even though the word ' freedom ' gives the ... work in English which tends to alter the duration of stress units and make them approximate to one another in length .
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The tendency in longer sentences is to stress all head - words regardless of coincidence with intonational stress as a way of marking off the separate sense units , whether or not the units are formally punctuated .
The tendency in longer sentences is to stress all head - words regardless of coincidence with intonational stress as a way of marking off the separate sense units , whether or not the units are formally punctuated .
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83 ) Metre and Rhythmic Variation Metrical verse , on the other hand , involves fixed sequences of stressed and unstressed syllables which are divided into basic units called feet , each of which has a specific Greek name .
83 ) Metre and Rhythmic Variation Metrical verse , on the other hand , involves fixed sequences of stressed and unstressed syllables which are divided into basic units called feet , each of which has a specific Greek name .
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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