| The notion of rhythm | syllables are stressed at roughly regular intervals |
| English has... | stress-timed rhythm |
| the stress-timed rhythm theory states... | timesFromEachStressedSyllableToTheNextWillTendToBeTheSame,irrespectiveOfTheNumberOfinterveningUnstre |
| languages with stress-timed rhythm | Russian and Arabic |
| syllable-timed rhythm have: | French, Spanish |
| syllable-timed rhythm: (1) | all syllables, whether stressed or unstressed, tend to occur at regular time-intervals |
| syllable-timed rhythm: (2) | put roughly equal time on each syllable |
| Sometimes we speak | rhythmically or arhythmically |
| arhythmically | without rhythm/ when we are hesitant or nervous |