prosodic

American  

[pruh-sod-ik] / prəˈsɒd ɪk /

Rarely prosodical

adjective

1. of or relating to poetic meter and versification.

   She provided an analysis of the epics based on narrative style, prosodic structure, and her observation of how they were recited.

2. Linguistics. of or relating to patterns of stress, intonation, etc..

   In the text-to-speech software, he showed us how to manipulate prosodic features such as duration, pitch, and stress for greater realism.

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Other Word Forms

• prosodically adverb

Etymology

Origin of prosodic

First recorded in 1760–65; prosod(y) ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

He absorbed aesthetic theory from Edmund Burke, prosodic elevation from John Ruskin, and social description from John Dos Passos.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

But the intellectual strut and prosodic perplexities of many of the scoffers left all but a few U.S. readers unmovedd.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probably nothing better illustrates the formal dependence of literature on language than the prosodic aspect of poetry.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

It is, of course, fair to remember that Anglo-Saxon verse—now, according to the orthodox, to be ranked among the strictest prosodic kinds—was long thought to be as formless as this.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

The poet's ear and his sixth prosodic sense enable him to make his verse a perfect vehicle of his meaning and emotion.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin