Stress‐Timedvs. Syllable‐Timed Languages

Abstract

Rhythm characterizes most natural phenomena: heartbeats have a rhythmic organization, and so do the waves of the sea, the alternation of day and night, and bird songs. Language is yet another natural phenomenon that is characterized by rhythm. What is rhythm? Is it possible to give a general enough definition of rhythm to include all the phenomena we just mentioned? The origin of the wordrhythmis the Greek word ϱυθμóς, derived from the verb ϱεí, which means ‘to flow’. We could say that rhythm determines the flow of different phenomena.

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