Segmental vs. Suprasegmental

PHONEME

Segmental

Suprasegmental

"What you say"

Is a phoneme which can be segmented.

"How you say what you say"

Is a phoneme which can't be segmented because it may change the meaning.

cat: c/a/t

love: l/o/v/e

Syllable

Stress

Intonation

Is a unit of sound.

bake: ba/ke

borrow: bo/rrow

Is the emphasis placed on the sound or syllabe spoken must forcefully in a word or phrase.

'rebel and re'bel

'insult and in'sult

Is the sound pattern of phrases and sentences produced by pitch variation in the voice.

Rising Intonation

Falling Intonation

Dipping Intonation

Peaking Intonation