suprasegmental

IPA/ˌsuːprəseɡˈmentl/
IPA/ˌsuːprəseɡˈmentl/

suprasegmental — 形容詞

  • suprasegmentalpositive
  • more suprasegmentalcomparative
  • most suprasegmentalsuperlative

1. describing those parts of spoken language that go beyond individual sounds — cov

1.形容詞C2
釋義

超音段

關於重音、聲調等跨越單一音段的語音特徵

describing those parts of spoken language that go beyond individual sounds — covering stress, pitch, intonation, and similar features that affect whole syllables, words, or sentences

例句

Minho studied how suprasegmental features like stress can change word meaning in his linguistics class.

Minho 在語言學課堂上學習了重音等超音段特徵如何改變詞義。

suprasegmental features + like stress, pitch, intonation

The recording helped students hear suprasegmental elements like pitch and rhythm in natural speech.

那段錄音幫助學生在自然語流中聽出語調和節奏等超音段元素。

同義詞
  • prosodic

    nearly identical in meaning; 'prosodic' is slightly more common in phonetics and poetry studies, while 'suprasegmental' is the formal linguistics term

反義詞
  • segmental

    describes individual speech sounds (vowels and consonants), the opposite level of analysis

文法句型

suprasegmental + noun

用法筆記

Suprasegmental is contrasted with segmental, which describes individual vowels and consonants. The term is almost always used in academic linguistics and phonetics contexts, not in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

Stress and intonation are suprasegmental sounds.
Stress and intonation are suprasegmental features.
💡Suprasegmental describes features or elements of speech, not the individual sounds themselves.