suprasegmental in English
adjective
1
denoting a feature of an utterance other than the consonantal and vocalic components, e.g., (in English) stress and intonation.
The general aim of this work was to analyze the suprasegmental features of the male voice during a seductive interaction compared with the characteristics of neutral speech.
noun
1
such a feature.
The English consonant sounds and suprasegmentals also present difficulties for native speakers of Spanish.
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