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compressed speech

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Concise language that condenses meaning at expense of grammatical fullness

Detailed Definition
Compressed speech in poetry refers to diction that is stripped of redundancy, ornament, or explanatory context, delivering meaning through stark, essential phrasing; this technique intensifies emotional or intellectual impact by forcing the reader to actively interpret implied connections and subtext.
Example
Example in poetry:
Telegraphic verse omitting verbs: “Night dark, wind cold”; Hemingway’s six-word story as compressed speech; Pound’s imagist minimal lines; Telegram-like poetic brevity.
Additional Notes
compressed speech|A poetic style that mimics the rapid, elliptical, or heavily-implied communication of natural, unedited spoken language, often by omitting conjunctions or articles; relates to elliptical syntax.
Also Known As
condensed speech terse utterance compressed language
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