Prosody (disambiguation)

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Prosody stands for:

  • Prosody , in linguistics the totality of suprasegmental properties of language such as accent, intonation, quantity and (speaking) pauses
  • Prosody (poetry) , the investigation of the measurable and qualifiable aspects of poetic language
  • Prosody (music) , in music the relationship of the word to the sound, the emphasis on word or verse accents by musical means such as rhythm and beat