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Stress-Timed Language
Stress-timed language
refers to a type of
rhythmic pattern
in which the
duration between stressed syllables
is approximately equal, causing
unstressed syllables
to be shortened to maintain this timing. This characteristic influences the natural flow and
intonation of speech
, distinguishing
Stress-timed language
s like English and German from
syllable-timed languages
like Spanish and French.
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Linguistics 70%
Phonetics and Phonology 30%
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