[stylist] What are Kana? an explanation

Wed Jun 15 22:24:24 UTC 2011

I'm probably wrong, but I think I heard somewhere that the Japanese don't 
really have unstressed syllables.
Barbara

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From: Donna Hill
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 3:19 PM
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Hi Lori,
Thanks to you and your group for this explanation. I'm relieved, since I
thought there was something altogether different that I was missing. I
wonder though -- not knowing Japanese -- if their syllables are
differentiated between those with strong stresses and those that, while they
are technically syllables, are so minor that they don't get counted at all.
I'm thinking of iambic pentameter. I should say in all fairness that I
haven't thought about iambic pentameter in years, so I may be off base here.
The thought was though that maybe they wouldn't count unstressed syllables
in the 5-7-5 count. That would open the door for a whole different
interpretation of the Haiku and its related forms.
Donna

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Subject: Re: [stylist] What are Kana? an explanation

A member of my writing group says that "Kana" refers to the number of beats
in a line of poetry.   We call it syllables, which in this case is an
analogous translation.   Kind of a parallel meaning, without actually
getting the
original flavor of the word.
Lori

In a message dated 6/8/11 4:51:14 PM, penatwork at epix.net writes:

>
>
> This is intriguing, but what, pray tell,  is "kana?"
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