Experiencing English rhythm through note values

• Hattori, Noriko

Abstract

This paper describes a method of conveying an appreciation of English rhythm to non-native speakers of English by using musical scores. Comparison of the scores of English, French, and Japanese songs reveals a sharp difference between English on one hand and French and Japanese on the other in the distribution of syllable duration. Counting syllables and plotting histograms of note values is an easy way of experiencing English rhythm especially for learners of English whose native language is not stress-timed. It is a simplified, visual counterpart of the normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI), which calculates durational contrast between successive elements in a sequence.

Journal

• Philologia

  Philologia 41 37-48, 2010-03-20

  三重大学外国語研究会

Details

• CRID: 1050001202940399872
• NII Article ID: 120002277768
• NII Book ID: AN00004472
• HANDLE: 10076/11298
• NDL BIB ID: 10710471
• ISSN: 02867338
• Web Site: https://mie-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/34
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10710471
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10710471
• Text Lang: ja
• Article Type: departmental bulletin paper
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