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My object to venture the suggestion that an important application of…
Quote byAdelaide Crapsey · 1878–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Study in English Metrics Alfred Knopf New York 1918..
English (original)
My object to venture the suggestion that an important application of phonetics to metrical problems lies in the study of phonetic word-structure.
— Adelaide Crapsey
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