Rhythm2 from orchardplace
What is rhythm!
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Things which happen with the same
interval (or with the same pattern)
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isochrony (等時性/とうじせい/toujisei)
The term " isochrony"
refers to the phenomenon that in a stress-timed language, such as
English, stressed syllables follow each other at approximately equal
time intervals (Pike, 1945) quoted from Lehiste(1976).
古池や 蛙飛び込む 水の音
ふるいけや かわずとびこむ みずのおと
furuike ya kawazu tobikomu misu no oto
The ancient pond
A frog leaps in
The sound of the water.
（ドナルド・キーン訳/translated by Donald Keene）
Old pond - frogs jumped in - sound of water.
（小泉八雲=ラフカディオ・ハーン訳/translated by Lafcadio Hearn ）
A frog leaps in
The sound of the water.
（ドナルド・キーン訳/translated by Donald Keene）
Old pond - frogs jumped in - sound of water.
（小泉八雲=ラフカディオ・ハーン訳/translated by Lafcadio Hearn ）
Haiku/はいく/俳句" consists of 5 + 7 + 5 syllables.
Japanese language is a 4 beat (four-four time) or 2 beat(two‐four time)
language. as the slide p. 8 shows, they are all odd numbers, but if the
rest included, it becomes 4 beats.
中庸の文化(chuyou no bunka)/Culture of moderation
中庸 (chuyou)/moderation： originated in Confucianism and means "to be in harmony without extremes or excesses".
引く文化(hiku bunnka)/Culture of subtracting
cut out as much unnecessary stuff as possible
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Final-syllable vowel lengthening
Final Lengthening is a common cross-linguistic phenomenon with considerable variation in scope and degree. quoted from Paschen et al.(2022).
Final vowel weakening in Japanese.
Final vowels tend to be weakened in Japanese.
Sometimes it is not pronounced at all.
eg.
私 は 学生 です。 = I'm a student.
わたし は がくせい です.
watashi wa gakusei desu ← final /u/ sound is not often pronounced.
※Weak vowels are often omitted/ 弱い母音はしばしば省略される。
Haiku/はいく/俳句" consists of 5 + 7 + 5 syllables. Why do you think they are all odd numbers?
返信削除Japanese language is a 4 beat (four-four time) or 2 beat(two‐four time) language. as the slide p. 8 shows, they are all odd numbers, but if the rest included, it becomes 4 beats.
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