* * *
Universalium. 2010.
stress-timed — /stres tuymd /, adj. Phonet. (of a language) having a rhythm in which stressed syllables tend to occur at regular intervals of time, regardless of the number of intervening unstressed syllables. Cf. syllable timed. * * * stress timed UK US… … Useful english dictionary
stress-timed — UK / US adjective linguistics in a stress timed language, there is a regular pattern of stressed syllables See: syllable timed … English dictionary
Stress (linguistics) — In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.Types of… … Wikipedia
syllable-timed — /sil euh beuhl tuymd /, adj. Phonet. (of a language) having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time. Cf. stress timed. * * * ˈsyllable timed 7 [syllable… … Useful english dictionary
syllable-timed — UK / US adjective linguistics in a syllable timed language, each syllable has a regular rhythm and there are no stresses See: stress timed … English dictionary
syllable-timed — /sil euh beuhl tuymd /, adj. Phonet. (of a language) having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time. Cf. stress timed. * * * … Universalium
Voice stress analysis — (VSA) technology is said to record psychophysiological stress responses that are present in human voice, when a person suffers psychological stress in response to a stimulus (question) and where the consequences may be dire for the subject being… … Wikipedia
Isochrony — is the postulated rhythmic division of time into equal portions by a language. Isochrony is one of the three aspects of prosody, the others being intonation and stress. Three alternative ways in which a language can divide time are postulated:… … Wikipedia
Timing (linguistics) — Language timing is the rhythmic quality of a particular type of speech, in particular how syllables are distributed across time. One common way of describing language timing is by dividing languages into those with stress timing and those with… … Wikipedia
Second language phonology — Second language (L2) phonology is different from first language (L1) phonology in various ways. The differences are considered to come from general characteristics of L2, such as slower speech rate (Derwing and Munro, 1997) and lower proficiency… … Wikipedia
