assonancen.

Brit.

/ˈasənəns/,

/ˈasn̩əns/, U.S.

/ˈæsn̩əns/

Etymology: < French assonance (compare Spanish asonancia), as if < Latin *assonāntia, < assonāre to sound to, respond to, < as- = ad- to + sonāre to sound.

1. Resemblance or correspondence of sound between two words or syllables.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > similarity of sound

consonance1589

consonancya1657

assonance1728

assonancy1770

homoeophony1838

homophony1842

idem sonans1848

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Assonance,..where the Words of a Phrase, or a Verse, have the same Sound or Termination, and yet make no proper Rhyme.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 528 The numerals are so nearly akin, that there would be..a close assonance, if not identity, in the words.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 327 Homer..seems fond of playing with assonances.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. App. i. 623 Incessant assonances and balances of clauses and expressions.

a. Prosody. The correspondence or rhyming of one word with another in the accented vowel and those which follow, but not in the consonants, as used in the versification of Old French, Spanish, Celtic, and other languages.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > assonance

assonance1823

1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe (1846) I. iii. 85 Assonance or the rhyming of the terminating vowels.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ii. 165 In their lighter poetry the Spaniards frequently contented themselves with assonances..as duro and humo, boca and cosa.

1861 F. A. March Eng. Lang. (1862) 403 The rule of assonance..requires the repetition of the same vowels in the assonant words, from the last accented vowel inclusive. Thus man and hat, nation and traitor, penitent and reticence, are assonant couples of words.

1879 H. Nicol in Encycl. Brit. IX. 633 In the Roland such assonances occur.

b. In extended use: a half-rhyme; the correspondence or rhyming of one word with another in the final (sometimes also the initial) consonant, but not in the vowel. Also applied by philologists, in studying rhyming pairs of words (i.e. with identical vowel), to final consonants of such similarity of articulation as to be acceptable, with poetic licence, in a rhyming position.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > half-rhyme

alternity1792

skothending1838

assonance1917

pararhyme1931

off-rhyme1938

slant-rhyme1944

1917 R. Graves Let. c22 Dec. in W. Owen Lett. (1967) 595 You [sc. Wilfred Owen] have found a new method and must work it yourself—those assonances instead of rhymes are fine.

1920 E. Blunden in Athenæum 10 Dec. 807/1 The discovery of final assonances in place of rhyme may mark a new age in poetry.

1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry iii. 17 His [sc. Wilfred Owen's] one innovation is the constant use of the alliterative assonance as an end rhyme—(mystery, mastery; killed, cold).

1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry x. 72 Owen's alliterative assonance.

1948 G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics 20 Assonance sometimes takes the place of rhyme; the most frequent examples are of m : n and ng : nd (e.g. tyme : pyne).

1960 E. G. Stanley Owl & Nightingale 112 An example..of assonance on dentals.

1960 D. S. R. Welland Wilfred Owen vi. 116 Not only in its use of the ‘mean/moan/men’ assonance does this passage anticipate ‘Insensibility’.

3. A word or syllable answering to another in sound.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > similarity of sound > word or syllable

assonance1882

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 491 Clopas or Chalpai is a Hebrew name, of which Alphæus is the current assonance.

4. transferred. Correspondence more or less incomplete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun]

analogy1533

communiona1538

correlation1561

correspondency1607

connection1613

correlativeness1727

co-relation1836

interrelation1848

interradiation1855

interconnection1856

interrelatedness1865

interrelationship1867

assonance1868

correlativity1877

complementariness1881

interlinkage1904

complementarity1911

interconnectedness1922

1868 J. Stirling in N. Brit. Rev. XLIX. 387 With an assonance to reality everywhere.

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 41 Assonance between facts seemingly remote.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assonance
释义	assonancen. Brit. /ˈasənəns/, /ˈasn̩əns/, U.S. /ˈæsn̩əns/ Etymology: < French assonance (compare Spanish asonancia), as if < Latin assonāntia, < assonāre* to sound to, respond to, < as- = ad- to + sonāre to sound. 1. Resemblance or correspondence of sound between two words or syllables. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > similarity of sound consonance1589 consonancya1657 assonance1728 assonancy1770 homoeophony1838 homophony1842 idem sonans1848 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Assonance,..where the Words of a Phrase, or a Verse, have the same Sound or Termination, and yet make no proper Rhyme. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 528 The numerals are so nearly akin, that there would be..a close assonance, if not identity, in the words. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 327 Homer..seems fond of playing with assonances. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. App. i. 623 Incessant assonances and balances of clauses and expressions. 2. a. Prosody. The correspondence or rhyming of one word with another in the accented vowel and those which follow, but not in the consonants, as used in the versification of Old French, Spanish, Celtic, and other languages. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > assonance assonance1823 1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe (1846) I. iii. 85 Assonance or the rhyming of the terminating vowels. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ii. 165 In their lighter poetry the Spaniards frequently contented themselves with assonances..as duro and humo, boca and cosa. 1861 F. A. March Eng. Lang. (1862) 403 The rule of assonance..requires the repetition of the same vowels in the assonant words, from the last accented vowel inclusive. Thus man and hat, nation and traitor, penitent and reticence, are assonant couples of words. 1879 H. Nicol in Encycl. Brit. IX. 633 In the Roland such assonances occur. b. In extended use: a half-rhyme; the correspondence or rhyming of one word with another in the final (sometimes also the initial) consonant, but not in the vowel. Also applied by philologists, in studying rhyming pairs of words (i.e. with identical vowel), to final consonants of such similarity of articulation as to be acceptable, with poetic licence, in a rhyming position. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > half-rhyme alternity1792 skothending1838 assonance1917 pararhyme1931 off-rhyme1938 slant-rhyme1944 1917 R. Graves Let. c22 Dec. in W. Owen Lett. (1967) 595 You [sc. Wilfred Owen] have found a new method and must work it yourself—those assonances instead of rhymes are fine. 1920 E. Blunden in Athenæum 10 Dec. 807/1 The discovery of final assonances in place of rhyme may mark a new age in poetry. 1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry iii. 17 His [sc. Wilfred Owen's] one innovation is the constant use of the alliterative assonance as an end rhyme—(mystery, mastery; killed, cold). 1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry x. 72 Owen's alliterative assonance. 1948 G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics 20 Assonance sometimes takes the place of rhyme; the most frequent examples are of m : n and ng : nd (e.g. tyme : pyne). 1960 E. G. Stanley Owl & Nightingale 112 An example..of assonance on dentals. 1960 D. S. R. Welland Wilfred Owen vi. 116 Not only in its use of the ‘mean/moan/men’ assonance does this passage anticipate ‘Insensibility’. 3. A word or syllable answering to another in sound. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > similarity of sound > word or syllable assonance1882 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 491 Clopas or Chalpai is a Hebrew name, of which Alphæus is the current assonance. 4. transferred. Correspondence more or less incomplete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] analogy1533 communiona1538 correlation1561 correspondency1607 connection1613 correlativeness1727 co-relation1836 interrelation1848 interradiation1855 interconnection1856 interrelatedness1865 interrelationship1867 assonance1868 correlativity1877 complementariness1881 interlinkage1904 complementarity1911 interconnectedness1922 1868 J. Stirling in N. Brit. Rev. XLIX. 387 With an assonance to reality everywhere. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 41 Assonance between facts seemingly remote. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1728
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