prosodicity

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noun

The state of being prosodic.

OriginEnglish prosodic ← New Latin prosōdicusder.? ← French prosodiqueder.? →
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Meanings

nounprosodicity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being prosodic.

    So prosodicity can be taken as a synonym of suprasegmental and of hierarchical structure above the segment.

    2016, Youcef Hdouch, The Character of the Extraprosodicity Theory, page 3
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    Second, I argue that the mora is a prosodic constituent, and furthermore, that its presence in subsyllabic structure is a necessary prerequisite for its prosodicity.

    2018, Draga Zec, Sonority Constraints on Prosodic Structure

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*próti, *préti
  5. Ancient Greekπρός (prós)
  6. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  9. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  11. Latinprosōdia
  12. Middle Frenchprosodie
  13. Englishprosody
  14. Classical Latinprosōdia
  15. Latinprosōdia
  16. Frenchprosodie
  17. Frenchprosodiqueder.?
  18. New Latinprosōdicusder.?
  19. Englishprosodic
  20. Englishprosodicity

From prosodic + -ity.

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