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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

Tourney is another term for tournament, the formal gathering for jousts and melee combats.

Detailed Definition
Tourney enters poetry as the variant name for the chivalric spectacle of arms. In verse it symbolizes the same arena of honor. Poets use tourney to explore themes of the proclaimed day of combat, the entry of the challengers, and the traditional language of the lists that enriches the poetic diction of medieval and romantic narrative.
Example
Example in poetry:
Tourney, the older and shorter name, appears in poems that wish to keep the medieval music of the word; Historical verse prefers the form for its soft ending and courtly resonance; “The tourney was cried and the whole calendar of the season rearranged itself” illustrates proclaimed occasion; Educational poetry shows the term as the direct synonym of tournament; Poets keep tourney when the sound of the line must itself feel archaic and bright.
Additional Notes
Tourney, the older and shorter name for the tournament, preserves a medieval music that the fuller word has partly lost. Poets who choose the form often wish to evoke the period flavor of the proclaimed day of arms. Classroom discussion can usefully compare the two names for differences in rhythm and historical resonance. Related forms include every chivalric gathering for combat. The image works well when the sound of the line must itself feel archaic and bright.
Also Known As
tournament
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