Prosodic theory of John Rupert firth
This article is devoted to analysing the views of the outstanding British linguist of the XXth century John Rupert Firth. The article gives a definition of the term «prosody» and results of the syllabic structures analysis of Latin, Greek and Arabic, carried out by Firth. Both advantages and disadva...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9641 |
| Summary: | This article is devoted to analysing the views of the outstanding British linguist of the XXth century
John Rupert Firth. The article gives a definition of the term «prosody» and results of the syllabic
structures analysis of Latin, Greek and Arabic, carried out by Firth. Both advantages and disadvantages
of the scientists views are also presented. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-9182 2312-9212 |