SPEECH RHYTHM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

Example:

the rhythm of Frost's poetry

Synonyms:

rhythm; speech rhythm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("speech rhythm" is a kind of...):

guide; template; templet (a model or standard for making comparisons)

inflection; prosody (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)