The following terms and abbreviations are used in the tables.
ΡΖ = rhyme pair, i.e. two verses which rhyme at their ends
PZ I = the first part in a rhyme pair
PZ II = the second part in a rhyme pair
C = consonant
V = vowel
S = singleton consonant
C1 = the first consonant in a consonantal cluster
C2 = the second consonant in a consonant cluster
In the following examples, a prototypical rhyme (i.e., the part from the first stressed vowel on) appears underlined. The consonants of a rich rhyme appear in bold. The segments C or V that are different in an imperfect rhyme appear in red. Identical pretonic Vs appear in CAPITALS.
The term refers to rhyme pairs which beyond identical stressed vowels also display matching consonants in onset position, e.g., αλυσω.μένο /aliso'meno/ – γραμμένο /ɣra'meno/. Further categorization is implemented depending on how many consonants are identical within the rhyme pair. The identical segments are indicated with bold.
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ΡΖ ΙΙ |
Abbreviation | |||
| S (singleton) | C in cluster | |||
| ΡΖ Ι | S (singleton) |
Total rich rhyme with singleton consonants αλυσω.μένο – γραμμένο /aliso'meno/ –/γra'meno/ |
TR-S | |
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Partially rich rhyme with C2 απελπι.σμένα - κο.μμένα τρίζουν – φοβερίζουν νε.ρό - α.φρό |
PR-C2 | |||
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Partial rich rhyme with C1 στόματα – σώματα |
PR-C1 | |||
| C in cluster |
Total rich rhyme in cluster α.υγή – να βγει |
TR-CL | ||
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Partial rich rhyme in cluster, e.g., PR-CC1 (identical C1 but not C2) πη.χτά – βρα.χνά |
PR-CC1 ή PR-CC2 | |||
In imperfect rhymes there is alternation of either Vs or Cs within the rhyme, so that the two parts or the ΡΖ are similar, but not identical.
| ΡΖ ΙΙ | Abbreviation | ||
| ΡΖ I |
Imperfect in the stressed V: the stressed V of the rhyme χάνεται – γίνεται αγέρι – λογάρι |
IMP-V | |
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Imperfect in C: one or more Cs after the stressed V βρίσκει - πνίγει ξαφνίζει – τεχνίτη |
IMP-C | ||
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Imperfect rhyme with 0-C alternation (IMP-0): within the ΡΖ, |
Subcategories | ||
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0-C alternation in coda position πιστοί – χαρείς |
IMP-0F | ||
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0-C alternation iternally ωραίοι – κατατρεμένοι |
IMP-0M | ||
N.B.1: More complex imperfect rhymes are theoretically possible, such as the ΡΖ πλέκονταν – λύνονταν /'plekodan/ /'linodan/ (combination imperfect V and C) or ΡΖ μπορούσαν – ριζώσουν /bo'rusan/ /ri'zosun/ (two Vs not identical). Such cases have been excluded, as their identification as rhymes is not certain and is highly dependent on the speaker/listener. On a practical level too, they would greatly complicate the algorithms.
N.B.2: The algorithm is designed to identify the category IMP-0 too, given its mention in the bibliography. This category is rather difficult for the reader/listener to perceive, in comparison to IMP-V and IMP-C, which are perceptually more accessible. We therefore advise users to deselect the category IMP-0 in the statistical analysis if they wish to only see perceptually transparent rhymes.
As many poets, e.g., Solomos, seem to expand the ΡΖ towards the left of the stressed V onto the previous (pretonic) V, we consider this parameter too. The vowel in question is capitalized.
| ΡΖ ΙΙ | Abbreviation | |
| ΡΖ I |
Pretonic identity of V μΙκρά – δΙψά Ανάφτει – Αστράφτει |
IDV |
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Pretonic identity of V across words θανατΙκό – ΟΙ δυό τΟ βόλι – εκείτΟντ’ όλοι μέσΑ στέρνες – βλΑχέρνες |
IDV-2W |
This type is found when the rhyme spans across two words in one or both parts of the ΡΖ.
| ΡΖ ΙΙ | Abbreviation | |
| ΡΖ I |
Mosaic rhyme δώς μου / φώς μου |
MOS |
This type is found when the exact same words/phrases are repeated as rhymes.
| ΡΖ ΙΙ | Abbreviation | |
| ΡΖ I |
Copy δεν είναι/ παν είναι /ðen 'ine/ /pan 'ine/ |
COPY
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The present pilot webpage is part of the research program “Rhyme in Modern Greek: Quantitative and qualitative data and integration in the typology of the phenomenon crosslinguistically” funded by the Research Committee of AUTh (Research project: 93330).
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