Euphony

Euphony describes flowing and aesthetically pleasing speech. Poetry is often euphonic, as is well-crafted literary prose.

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Many languages have phonological rules which promote euphony by making words easier to pronounce. For instance, languages often employ elision, the dropping of sounds which make a word difficult to pronounce. On the other hand, epenthesis occurs when a sound is added to a word for pronunciation purposes. Contractions are a form of elision that eliminate awkward gaps between words. The French language is considered extremely euphonic by many, and has a plethora of contraction rules that allow one word to flow into the next.

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Poets and writers attempting to create euphony in their work draw on literary devices such as alliteration and internal rhyme.

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Translators often have difficulty in expressing the euphony of a text of another language.

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Speech: One might be looking for the academic discipline of communications....

Poetry: Poetry (ancient Greek: ????? (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its user...

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