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Isosilabismo

English translation: isosyllabism

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Spanish term or phrase:Isosilabismo
English translation:isosyllabism
Entered by: Nicola Holmes

09:11 Aug 14, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: Isosilabismo
I am translating a thesaurus of various linguistic terms. Within the definition of "repetition" I cannot find a translation for "isosilabismo".

Context:

".... a veces para generar relevancia poetica, con la reiteracion del acento, las pausas, la aliteracion, el isosilabismo, la rima o el estribillo, etc.

Thanks all.
Nicola Holmes
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:00
isosyllabism
Explanation:
I believe that the term you are looking for is "isosyllabism."

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-08-14 09:37:40 GMT)
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The adjective is "isosyllabic."
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Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 19:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5isosyllabism
Joyce A


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
isosyllabism


Explanation:
I believe that the term you are looking for is "isosyllabism."

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-08-14 09:37:40 GMT)
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The adjective is "isosyllabic."

Example sentence(s):
  • Beside repetition (often accompanied by variation), these principles comprise parallelism and the relative isosyllabism, as well as syntactic and ...
Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 19:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MPGS: Sí. Yo consideraría pregunta-respuesta como 'profesional' :)
8 mins
  ->  Muchas gracias, MPGS! :-)
agree  James A. Walsh
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, James!
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Leonardo!
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Muriel!
agree  K Donnelly
21 hrs
  -> Thank you, K Donnelly!
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