Zusammenfassung der Ressource
SEGMENTALS AND SUPRASEGMENTALS
- Or phonemes
- Are speech
techniques
- These are units of sound that can be analyzed.
- Examples
- Divisible phonemes
- Are vowels and
consonants
- Characteristics
- They are not divisible
- They are attributes of speech that accompany consonants and vowels.
- Are syllables, words or phrases.
- Elements of production and perception.
- Suprasegmental
phonemes
- Word stress
- It is the intensity given to a sound or syllable in speech.
- It can be used distinctively.
- Examples
- Intonation
- It is the melodic pattern of an utterance.
- It is distinguishable by means of the
melodic curvature of the voice.
- It conveys differences of expressive meaning.
- It fulfills a grammatical function.
- It is variation in the pitch of the voice.
- It can convey incompleteness.
- Examples
- How afraid I feel!
- What do you want to eat ?