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prosody

This term refers to the melody, inflection, stress and rhythm of speech. Variations in stress and intonation are produced by changes in loudness, pitch and duration of individual sounds and syllables (See accent).

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)