From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprosodypros‧o‧dy /ˈprɒsədi $ ˈprɑː-/ noun [uncountable] technical ALthe patterns of sound and rhythm in poetry and spoken language, or the rules for arranging these patterns —prosodic /prəˈsɒdɪk $ -ˈsɑː-/ adjective
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prosody• For this application syntactic processing is required to determine exactly where in the output to correctly specify prosody.Origin prosody (1400-1500) Latin prosodia “degree of force on part of a word”, from Greek prosoidia, from oide “song” 