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What is the noun for prosody?

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prosody
  1. (linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
  2. (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Judges rated the atypicality of the prosody in samples of conversation from participants in each of the three groups.”
      “Her diction, her art of prosody, the amorous passion that he brings into her troubling singing make up for her hard and rather metallic tone.”
      “The second edition of 1575 tops this up with, among other things, the first treatise on prosody in English.”
prosodification
  1. (linguistics) The imposition of prosodic structure (e.g. syllables, feet, stress, etc.) onto string of segments (i.e. sounds such as consonants and vowels)
prosodics
  1. The study of prosody in speech.
prosodist
  1. A person involved with prosody.
  2. Examples:
    1. “As poet, prosodist and epistolarian, words in their millions ran through his fingers, like the sands of the desert.”
prosodian
prosodifications
  1. plural of prosodification
prosodians
  1. plural of prosodian
prosodists
  1. plural of prosodist
prosodies
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