metrical+language

  • 21Tiriyó language — Infobox Language name= Tiriyó / Trio nativename = tarëno ijomi pronunciation = [ta.ɽəː.no i.joː.mi] familycolor= American states= Brazil, Surinam region= Northern Amazonia, Guianas Plateau speakers= 2,000 (in 2005) fam1=Cariban fam2=Taranoan… …

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  • 22Lower Tanana language — Infobox Language name=(Lower) Tanana states=United States region=Alaska (middle Yukon River, Koyukuk River) speakers=30 iso1= iso2= ath iso3= taa familycolor=Dené Yeniseian fam2=Na Dené fam3=Athabaskan Eyak fam4=Athabaskan fam5=Northern… …

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  • 23Hymnody and Hymnology — • Hymnody means exactly hymn song , but as the hymn singer as well as the hymn poet are included under (hymnodos), so we also include under hymnody the hymnal verse or religious lyric. Hymnology is the science of hymnody or the historico… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 24Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… …

    History of philosophy

  • 25verse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English vers, fers, from Anglo French vers & Old English fers, both from Latin versus, literally, turning, from vertere to turn more at worth Date: before 12th century 1. a line of metrical writing 2. a. (1) metrical… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26verse — n. 1. Line (metrically arranged), line of poetry, stich. 2. Versification, poetry, poesy, metrical composition, metrical language. 3. (Common, but improper.) Stanza, stave, staff. 4. Passage (of Scripture), text, sentence. 5. (Poetical.) …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27Trochee — Metrical feet Disyllables ˘ ˘ pyrrhus, dibrach ˘ ¯ iamb …

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  • 28Cretic — Metrical feet Disyllables ˘ ˘ pyrrhus, dibrach ˘ ¯ iamb …

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  • 29PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 30prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… …

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