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Noigandres

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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

Noigandres is an enigmatic Occitan word cited by Ezra Pound, symbolizing an ineffable poetic essence or untranslatable emotional core in lyric verse.

Detailed Definition
Noigandres was a Brazilian concrete poetry collective founded in São Paulo in the 1950s by Augusto and Haroldo de Campos and Décio Pignatari, which revolutionized poetic form by treating language as visual and spatial material; their manifesto emphasized “verbivocovisual” composition, where typography, layout, and linguistic structure merge to create poems that function as both textual and graphic art, influencing global experimental poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
Noigandres, a Brazilian concrete poetry group, used typographical arrangements like “beba coca cola” to critique consumerism; Their poem “Programa” layers letters spatially to mirror computational logic; In “Viva Vaia,” fragmented words visually echo protest chants; Augusto de Campos’ “Luxo” uses bold typography to explore luxury’s emptiness.
Additional Notes
Noigandres was Brazilian concrete poetry group (1950s). Name from Pound's Cantos. Emphasized visual poetry, spatial arrangement. Key figures: Augusto de Campos. Study in context of international concrete poetry movement.
Also Known As
poetic essence untranslatable quality
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