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recipient case

Concept
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

A case function expressing the recipient of action in poetic grammar.

Detailed Definition
Recipient case refers to grammatical or syntactic constructions in poetry that foreground the addressee—often through second-person pronouns or vocative phrases—shaping the poem as a direct communication; this technique personalizes the lyric, transforming abstract themes into intimate exchanges and heightening emotional immediacy.
Example
Example in poetry:
The grammatical role of a noun or pronoun that denotes the person or thing receiving the benefit or object of an action, such as the "child" in "I gave the book to the child"; The character in a narrative poem who is the ultimate receiver of a gift, a curse, or a message; The grammatical function that indicates who or what is affected by the verb, often using "to" or "for"; The person or thing to whom the poem's address is implicitly directed
Additional Notes
In poetry that uses dialogue or addresses a specific person, this refers to the object or person being addressed (the addressee) when they are grammatically in the dative or accusative case in the poem's language.
Also Known As
Dative case recipient marker indirect object form Benefactive case
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