Speech rhythm: a metaphor?
- đ¤ Speaker: Francis Nolan (Department of Linguistics)
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 18 October 2018, 18:00 - 19:30
- đ Venue: Winstanley Lecture Hall, Trinity College
Abstract
The talk includes how languages differ in terms of ‘rhythm’ in a general sense and how we’ve tried to quantify this; a mention of how one matches words to music in different languages; and the possibility that speech is actually ‘anti-rhythmic’ in nature.
Series This talk is part of the Trinity College Science Society (TCSS) series.
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Thursday 18 October 2018, 18:00-19:30