Open AccessRhythm in Life, Rhythm in Language
Author(s) -
Rusudan Gvilava
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ena da kultura/language and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1987-7323
DOI - 10.52340/lac.2021.625
Subject(s) - rhythm , repetition (rhetorical device) , syllable , duration (music) , alternation (linguistics) , communication , linguistics , period (music) , psychology , speech recognition , computer science , acoustics , art , literature , physics , philosophy
The present article deals with rhythm which is an essential phenomenon of our life. Being rhythmical means repetition of similar actions in the same period of time. The work gives analyses of the English language in oral connected speech in the relationship with rhythm. English is a rhythmical language. The English connected speech is divided into rhythmical groups and the division is based on alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables where unstressed syllables are attached to the stressed syllable thus forming a rhythmical group. Each rhythmic unit is pronounced in equal time. For the first time similarities are identified between the English rhythmical units and the musical bars in a piece of music.