macrosegmentn.
/ˈmakrəʊˌsɛɡm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈmækroʊˈˌsɛɡmənt/ Linguistics.
A continuous unit of speech between two pauses, with a single intonation.
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macrosegment1947
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1947 C. F. Hockett in Language 23 277 The segment flanked by junctures of a given degree of openness and containing no juncture equally open we may call, respectively, a microsegment, mesosegment, macrosegment, and utterance.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 55 Miss Sivertsen describes the phonological system within which she operates; phonemes are described in a framework of macro- and microsegments which, in turn, are divided into syllables.
1964 K. L. Pike in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 430 The total phonemic phrase (i.e., the macrosegment including the sum of units between primary juncture,..) in unemotional speech has an overall intonation contour.
1971 Language 47 739 In the nucleus column for macro-segment and mega-segment, a O symbol occurs with no explanation given.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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