prosody
noun
pros·o·dy
ˈprä-sə-dē 
-zə-
-zə-
plural prosodies
1
: the study of versification
especially
: the systematic study of metrical structure
2
: a particular system, theory, or style of versification
3
: the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language
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In the meantime, the researchers are adding bells and whistles to Harrell’s device, such as prosody—inflections in pitch and rhythm—and the ability to sing.
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Daniela: The melody and prosody are different from our usual songs, so everything was a challenge.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
But the landscape, like Homer’s prosody, is mostly rugged and austere.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Its plodding melody is a key component to Roger Waters’ prosody—the vocal variations like intonation, stress, rhythm, and accent that make human speech sound… well, human.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Aug. 2023
His research focuses on prosody and intonation, namely the production, processing, development, and documentation of sentence-level tonal contours in the world’s languages.
—Ben MacAulay, Popular Science, 22 June 2023
In a world where we are surrounded by robots who need to communicate their state of mind, mood and emotion, prosody, and gestures seem like a great subtle back channel to do so, since humans cannot really process multiple linguistic channels effectively.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2023
Another digs in further to how a person presents information, but instead of zeroing in on eye movement or fidgeting, the focus is on elements of speech including linguistics, and specifically prosody — the sound, rhythm or intonation of speech.
—Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2021
Christopher Ricks, a distinguished scholar of Victorian and modernist poetry, wrote a treatise that takes Dylan’s prosody as seriously as that of Tennyson or Eliot.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
Daniela: The melody and prosody are different from our usual songs, so everything was a challenge.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
But the landscape, like Homer’s prosody, is mostly rugged and austere.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Its plodding melody is a key component to Roger Waters’ prosody—the vocal variations like intonation, stress, rhythm, and accent that make human speech sound… well, human.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Aug. 2023
His research focuses on prosody and intonation, namely the production, processing, development, and documentation of sentence-level tonal contours in the world’s languages.
—Ben MacAulay, Popular Science, 22 June 2023
In a world where we are surrounded by robots who need to communicate their state of mind, mood and emotion, prosody, and gestures seem like a great subtle back channel to do so, since humans cannot really process multiple linguistic channels effectively.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2023
Another digs in further to how a person presents information, but instead of zeroing in on eye movement or fidgeting, the focus is on elements of speech including linguistics, and specifically prosody — the sound, rhythm or intonation of speech.
—Sophie Putka, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2021
Christopher Ricks, a distinguished scholar of Victorian and modernist poetry, wrote a treatise that takes Dylan’s prosody as seriously as that of Tennyson or Eliot.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
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“Prosody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosody. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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