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suprasegmental
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suprasegmental [ˌsuːprəsɛgˈmɛntəl ˌsjuː-]
adj
(Linguistics) Linguistics denoting those features of a sound or sequence of sounds that accompany rather than form part of the consecutive segments of a word or sentence, as for example stress and pitch in English
suprasegmentally  adv
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Adj.1.suprasegmental - pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound
linguistics - the scientific study of language
united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"
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suprasegmental [ˌsuːprəsegˈmentl] ADJ → suprasegmental
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Students are more apt to maintain their enthusiasm and attentiveness when teachers effectively use such suprasegmentals as pitch, stress, and juncture.
Nurturing lifetime readers by Sanacore, Joseph / Childhood Education
1970, Suprasegmentals, Cambridge, Massachusetts-London, England.
How free is alternating stress in Erzya?/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ... by Aasmae, Niina; Ross, Jaan / Linguistica Uralica
On the other hand, they obliterated all the information that seems to be encoded in the spacings between letter-groups, chiefly phonotactics and the suprasegmentals of the speech being represented.
Graphotactics of the Old English 'Alexander's Letter to Aristotle' by Stevick, Robert D. / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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