Prosody

韵律

A term used in suprasegmental phonetics and phonology to refer collectively to variations in pitch, loudness, tempo and rhythm. The narrow sense is close to the traditional use of the term ‘prosody’, where it referred to the characteristics and analyses of verse structure. The term prosodic features is preferred in linguistics, partly to enable a distinction to be drawn with the traditional use. In some approaches to phonology, the term sentence prosody is used to group together intonation, phrasal rhythmic patterning and more general features of prosodic phrasing.

超音段语音学和音系学术语，统指音高、响度、语速、节奏等变化。狭义的“韵律”指诗行结构的特点和分析。语音学倾向使用韵律特征这一名称，部分原因是为了与传统用法相区别。在最近的一些音系学理论中，句子韵律的名称用来统指语调、短语节奏型式和较一般的韵律短语切分特征。