There is also evidence of dialectal differences in the accentual system of Old Indo-Aryan. |
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The rhythmic system, deriving from poetry, was based on long short relationships rather than strong weak accentual metre. |
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This new accentual emphasis sometimes stems from a mere cedilla. |
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This initial stress is complementary to the final one, which remains a major property of the French accentual system, but spreads particularly in journalist and didactic styles, in BN, public conferences and classrooms. |
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Sherwood Forest, for instance, is a killing field of accentual integrity. |
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The Vedic chant of southern India uses a form of accentual notation: a dot beneath or above a syllable of text indicates a lower or upper reciting pitch. |
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In French song the works of composers such as Gabriel Fauré and Claude Debussy characteristically possess shifting, kaleidoscopic harmonies, influenced in part by the fluid accentual patterns of the language. |
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In form the kontakion was a series of up to 22 rhythmical stanzas, all constructed on the same accentual pattern and ending with the same short refrain. |
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Accentual verse has continued to flourish, however, in a wide range of popular songs, hymns, ballads, and nursery rhymes. |
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