This paper looks into the possibility that the rhythm present in poetry is the same that characterizes natural languages. This hypothesis, although attractive, faces serious problems such as the tremendous amount of data necessary to reach any valid conclusion and the fact that certain poetic traditions may deviate from the rhythm expected in a certain language. In order to tentatively test whether there is a relationship between the rhythmic properties of a certain language and its poetry we selected Dutch, a stress-timed language, and we took modern Dutch metric poetry as the object of study. Then, we created a tool that finds regular patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in iambic pentameters and we compared our results to those ...
International audienceConsidered an important criterion for assessing the quality of a translation, ...
International audienceIn this paper, the rhythmic patterns observed in natural and synthesized speec...
Although linguistic and musical rhythm have been widely studied by linguists and musicologists alike...
THE METRICS OF FOLK SONG: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEXT-SETTING IN SPANISH AND ENGLIS
The goal of this paper is to show how different aspects of the meter such as the syllable count, the...
Linguists have traditionally classified languages into three rhythm classes, namely stress-timed, sy...
The general theoretical frame of this dissertation has to do with the study, from an interdisciplin...
Any poem can be characterized by its rhythm which is also revealing of the poet's peculiar style. In...
Rhythm is expressed by recurring, hence predictable, beat patterns. Poetry in many languages is comp...
We describe a new model for the formal representation of the rhythmic tendencies of natural language...
Instrumental and vocal compositions agree with the mother tongue rhythm of the composer, proving th...
International audienceConsidered an important criterion for assessing the quality of a translation, ...
With a view to clarify the poetic intimacy between meaning and orality, while resisting the traditio...
Wagner P. Meter specific timing and prominence in German poetry and prose. In: Niebuhr O, ed. Prosod...
International audienceConsidered an important criterion for assessing the quality of a translation, ...
International audienceIn this paper, the rhythmic patterns observed in natural and synthesized speec...
Although linguistic and musical rhythm have been widely studied by linguists and musicologists alike...
THE METRICS OF FOLK SONG: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEXT-SETTING IN SPANISH AND ENGLIS
The goal of this paper is to show how different aspects of the meter such as the syllable count, the...
Linguists have traditionally classified languages into three rhythm classes, namely stress-timed, sy...
The general theoretical frame of this dissertation has to do with the study, from an interdisciplin...
Any poem can be characterized by its rhythm which is also revealing of the poet's peculiar style. In...
Rhythm is expressed by recurring, hence predictable, beat patterns. Poetry in many languages is comp...
We describe a new model for the formal representation of the rhythmic tendencies of natural language...
Instrumental and vocal compositions agree with the mother tongue rhythm of the composer, proving th...
International audienceConsidered an important criterion for assessing the quality of a translation, ...
With a view to clarify the poetic intimacy between meaning and orality, while resisting the traditio...
Wagner P. Meter specific timing and prominence in German poetry and prose. In: Niebuhr O, ed. Prosod...
International audienceConsidered an important criterion for assessing the quality of a translation, ...
International audienceIn this paper, the rhythmic patterns observed in natural and synthesized speec...
Although linguistic and musical rhythm have been widely studied by linguists and musicologists alike...