Associations to the word «Cantillation»

Wiktionary

CANTILLATION, noun. The intonation of a sentence, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.

Dictionary definition

CANTILLATION, noun. Liturgical chanting.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky