suprasegmental phonemes

suprasegmental phonemes
suprasegmental phonemes [so͞o΄prəseg ment′'l]
n.
phonemes or features of speech, as pitch, stress, and juncture, that may extend over and modify series of SEGMENTAL PHONEMES

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  • suprasegmental phoneme — noun : one of the phonemes (as pitch, stress, juncture, nasalization, voice or voicelessness in clusters) of a language that occur simultaneously with a succession of segmental phonemes called also prosodeme …   Useful english dictionary

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  • segmental phonemes — n. phonemes consisting of sound segments; hence, the vowel, consonant, and semivowel sounds of a language: cf. SUPRASEGMENTAL PHONEMES * * * …   Universalium

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  • phoneme — [fō′nēm΄] n. [Fr phonème < Gr phōnēma, a sound < phōnein, to sound < phōnē, a voice: see PHONO ] Linguis. a set of phonetically similar but slightly differing sounds in a language that are heard as the same sound by native speakers and… …   English World dictionary

  • prosodic — adjective of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing (Freq. 1) • Pertains to noun: ↑prosody …   Useful english dictionary

  • linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …   Universalium

  • phonetics — /feuh net iks, foh /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Cf. acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics,… …   Universalium

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