In order to help children appreciate poetic surprises, teachers should select poems which appeal to the predictive sense by means of such devices as rhyming words, thematic twists, and surprise endings. (DD)

Models of stuttering and delayed auditory feedback propose that, in these conditions, the rhythmic structure of fluent speech prespecifing the intervals between vowels of stressed syllables is lacking and that auditory perception of vowels of stressed syllables is predicted incorrectly. A model regarding onset of stuttering in children is also…

Examines previously published experimental work on rhythm of spoken Spanish to establish whether or not Spanish is a "syllable-timed" language. Analyzes figures from the experiments and concludes that Spanish is neither stress-timed nor syllable-timed, displaying an antirhythmic pattern where each segment has a "standard duration" dependent on its…

The concept of clarity in spoken English as presented in the literature of speech education is examined. Two premises form the basis of the argument: (1) that clarity is a norm and (2) that this norm can be derived from the various types of speech education manual. (Contains 47 references.) (LB)

Uses poetry and poetic prose to remind readers of the power of poetic language. Discusses the author's experience as a poet and her work with teachers to bring poetry into children's lives. (SR)

Examines the rhetorical form of Jesse Jackson's speech to the 1988 Democratic National Convention giving particular attention to its musical disposition. Uses the musical form of the sonata and the principles of Baptist black oratory to suggest a method of rhetorical analysis that focuses on rhythm as a key construct. (TB)

Argues that intonation is best analyzed as an overt marking of the focus structure of a sentence. The linguistic level of f-structure in which both topic and focus are identified provides the link between context, interpretation, syntax, and intonation. (Author/VWL)

Describes how the author intentionally exploited students' strengths with linguistic play to allow them to use those strengths in processing their learning through literature and textual response in various content areas. Shows how informed teachers can use inventive language-play (especially limericks) as an important literacy-related strategy…

Listeners rely on native-language rhythm in segmenting speech; in different languages, stress-, syllable- or mora-based rhythm is exploited. The rhythmic similarity hypothesis holds that where two languages have similar rhythm, listeners of each language should segment their own and the other language similarly. Such similarity in listening was…

An alternative scansion of Old English alliterative poetry is proposed. The approach uses a binary branching template and focuses on the importance of secondary stress and unstressed syllables. Examples are drawn from the poem "Beowulf." It is argued that the alternative scansion has two advantages over both traditional and more recent…

Inverted sentence order (order other than subject-verb-object) may be used to mimic the rhythm of real dialogue; give the play-by-play announcer time to come up with the player's name; indicate the relative importance of the subject, verb, and object; distribute information; and indicate connection with prior information. As a stylistic option,…

Poetry analysis in this book focuses on the response of the reader to modern poetry so that he may be able to perceive form and life in what at first appear to be unrelated fragments, become accustomed to new rhythmic patterns, and enlarge his experience by reading poetry which reflects the contemporary world. Poems are "Dry Loaf" by Wallace…

The role of elementary school teachers in encouraging children in poetic composition is the focus of this handbook, one of a series that offer suggestions for teaching. With the assumption that given proper guidance, all children are capable of poetic composition, this teachers' guide introduces poetic composition in three interdependent stages:…