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B2 The rhythm of English
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18 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
English is a language we call a stress-timed language. Perhaps it's unusual, because many other European languages are syllable-timed, especially Latin-based languages, like Spanish and Italian, for example. I'm going to explain and give examples of what a stress-timed language is. I'm also going to read you a poem. It's by a poet called Robert Southey, who was a poet in the 18th century. And he wrote a series of adventure poems, and one of these I'm going to read you today. It is called The Inchcape Rock. https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-43.htm
Released:
Oct 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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