Meaning of 'prosody'

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Meaning of ‘prosody’

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prosody

noun

the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

Synonyms: metrics

noun

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Example: "When teaching grammar, prosody is sometimes left out."

Synonyms: inflection

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