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Sopher, H. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1977
It is proposed that speech rhythm, adapted to needs of written language, should constitute the basis of sound punctuation. It is the failure to recognize this principle that has led some writers to recommend a punctuation system that is mechanical rather than natural and meaningful. (CHK)
Descriptors: English, Language Rhythm, Punctuation, Sentence Structure

Faber, David – Journal of Linguistics, 1987
Discusses the accentuation of two types of sentence in English: (1) straightforward intransitive sentences, and (2) intransitive sentences embedded in the frame "It's just NP noun phrase[ V verb[-ing." Modifications to Gussenhoven's (1983) Sentence Accent Assignment Rule (SAAR) are suggested based on large groups of exceptions of the SAAR.…
Descriptors: English, Intonation, Language Rhythm, Phonology

Bowers, Frederick – English Quarterly, 1971
It is frequently observed that modern English has a fixed word order. Therefore, the English speaker is locked inside a syntactic system which leaves him few expressional options. The author disagrees and suggests that because of options of word order, the English speaker can impose his own level of meaning on his utterances. (Author/RR)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Language Rhythm, Linguistic Theory
D'Eugenio, Antonio – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
Discusses secondary stress in various types of words (e.g., in certain parts of speech, with certain spelling patterns, etc.) and in various kinds of sentences and communicative situations. (KM)
Descriptors: English, Etymology, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns

Cooper, William E.; Eady, Stephen J. – Journal of Memory and Language, 1986
Describes several experiments which examined the basic claims of metrical phonology. The first two experiments examined the possible influences of stress clash in speech timing. The third and fourth experiments tested Hayes's (1984) analysis rule of quadrisyllabic meter; the fifth experiment included a basic test of the stress clash notion. (SED)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, English, Intonation, Language Rhythm
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – 1988
This collection of studies in contrastive linguistics includes the following: "Bilingual Intralinguistic Orthographic Interference" (Philip A. Luelsdorff); "Reassociation of Sentence Melodies" (Wolfgang U. Dressler, Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi); "English Word Stress and Empty Vowel Slots" (Grazyna Rowicka);…
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