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Rhythmic Semantics

Rhythmic Semantics is a theoretical construct within music semantics that identifies and analyzes the meaning-bearing aspects of temporal patterns, durations, and metrical structures in musical discourse, distinguishing itself by focusing on how rhythm conveys expressive, cultural, and syntactic significance beyond mere structural regularity.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Phrase Rhythm in Tonal Music

W. Dean Sutcliffe, William Rothstein · Music Analysis · 1991 · 483 citations

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An empirical comparison of rhythm in language and music

Aniruddh D. Patel, Joseph R. Daniele · Cognition · 2002 · 345 citations

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Rhythmic constraints on stress timing in English

Fred Cummins, Robert F. Port · Journal of Phonetics · 1998 · 311 citations

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The Rhythmic Interpretation of Monophonic Music

H. C. Longuet–Higgins, C. S. Lee · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 1984 · 244 citations

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On the correlates of rhythmic distinctions: The European/Brazilian Portuguese case

Sónia Frota, Marina Vigário · Probus · 2001 · 128 citations

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Authors

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  1. WR
    William Rothstein

    William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, United States

    2 publications · 525 citations

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  2. GT
    Gen'ichi Tsuge

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  3. YM
    Yonatan Malin

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. GR
    Gregory R. Lawson

    Knoxville College, United States

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  5. BW
    Bruce W. Hamill

    Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  2. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  3. University of Richmond

    Richmond, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  4. Institute of Linguistics

    Moscow, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  5. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    311 citations

  6. Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Carleton College

    Northfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  8. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

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Venues

  1. Music Theory Spectrum

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  2. Cognition

    2 publications · 374 citations

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  3. Journal of Phonetics

    1 publications · 311 citations

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  4. Language

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. Asian Music

    1 publications · 21 citations

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