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Definition of Accentuations
1. accentuation [n] - See also: accentuation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accentuations
Literary usage of Accentuations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhythm, Music and Education by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"Regular accentuations in unequal beats (alternations of ... Irregular and pathetic
accentuations at the word "hopp." Application of all these exercises to ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"The second and somewhat later class of MSS. sometimes, and most capriciously in
general, extended these accentuations to certain vowels, not naturally ..."
3. The Esoteric: A Magazine of Advanced and Practical Esoteric Thought edited by Hiram Erastus Butler (1890)
"The proper rhythms, accompanied with proper secondary and tertiary accentuations (without
tones) are capable of accelerating or diminishing the frequency of ..."
4. Voice, Speech, Thinking: A Volume Containing Comment and Statement of Fact by Frank Fruttchey (1919)
"If one thousand men were to read Socrates, for instance, Socrates would be split
into one thousand sections—with vocal accentuations placed upon each ..."
5. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1904)
"In all other periods the choice between the two accentuations is doubtless
dependent chiefly upon the general rhythm or melody of the sentence, ..."
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