Segmental vs Suprasegmental

Segmental vs Suprasegmental

1. Segmental

   • Investigation of phonetic or phonological details of features relating to individual sounds or phonemes.
   • Each phoneme is a segment of speech.

2. Suprasegmental

   • A process in which larger fragments of speech are looked at.
   • It encompasses a series of segments such as whole words or phrases.

3. Word Stress

   • Phenomenon in which polysyllabic words tend to have a greater emphasis on them than on others.
   • Word stress can be used to distinguish between homograph verbs and nouns.

4. Intonation

   • It is necessary to modulate the frequency of vibration of the vocal cords to achieve particular effects.
   • Another function of intonation is to convey incompleteness (rising or level pitch), for example, in lists, as opposed to finality (falling pitch), which can be used as structuring devices.

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