prosody

Example Sentences

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So today, he’s overseas with new people, listening to them closely, familiarizing himself with everything from the songs they like to the prosody of their speech.

From Washington Post

They appear in Chandaḥśāstra, a treatise on Sanskrit prosody by Indian mathematician Piṅgala, who lived around the 2nd or 3rd century BCE.

From Scientific American

“I’m not trying to have the singers show off their abilities and use the voice as a virtuoso instrument. The prosody is very horizontal, not vertical.”

From Los Angeles Times

Although writing lacks symbols for prosody, experienced readers infer it as they go.

From New York Times

“I mean, the prosody that delivers the music that embodies and reveals the telling. It can’t be taught. You get there by listening.”

From Seattle Times