denoting those features of a sound or sequence of sounds that accompany rather than form part of the consecutive segments of a word or sentence, as for example stress and pitch in English
Derived forms
suprasegmentally (ˌsuprasegˈmentally)
adverb
suprasegmental in American English
(ˌsuːprəseɡˈmentl)
adjective
1.
above, beyond, or in addition to a segment
2. Linguistics
pertaining to or noting features of speech, as stress, pitch, and length, that accompany individual consonants and vowels and may extend over more than one such segmental element; pertaining to junctural and prosodic features
noun
3.
a suprasegmental feature
Word origin
[1940–45; supra- + segmental]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airlift, blockbuster, sealant, set-aside, whiteoutsupra- is a prefix meaning “above, over” (supraorbital) or “beyond the limits of, outside of” (supramolecular; suprasegmental)
Examples of 'suprasegmental' in a sentence
suprasegmental
It was also found that females are better than males in producing suprasegmental features.
Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi, Sorour Zekrati 2016, 'RELATIONSHIP AMONG BRAIN HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE, ATTITUDE TOWARDS L1 AND L2, GENDER,AND LEARNING SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES', Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguisticshttp://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/2743. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, condition (segmental vs. suprasegmental) and group (above vs. below average) interacted in the right hippocampus and cerebellum.
Miriam eHeisterueber, Miriam eHeisterueber, Elise eKlein, Elise eKlein, Elise eKlein,Klaus eWillmes, Klaus eWillmes, Klaus eWillmes, Stefan eHeim, Stefan eHeim, StefaneHeim, Frank eDomahs 2014, 'Processing word prosody – behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for heterogeneous performancein a language with variable stress', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00365/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To have good and acceptable listening and speaking, one must have good pronunciation, which encompasses segmental and suprasegmental features.
Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi, Sorour Zekrati 2016, 'RELATIONSHIP AMONG BRAIN HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE, ATTITUDE TOWARDS L1 AND L2, GENDER,AND LEARNING SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES', Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguisticshttp://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/2743. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some proposals of how to facilitate the acquisition of suprasegmental features in teaching these two related languages are also discussed.
Marianne Akerberg 2016, 'Aquisição da pronúncia: a entoação em afirmações e perguntas sim/não*', Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicadahttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/tla/article/view/8645345. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results of the independent samples t-tests indicated left-brained language learners' superiority in observing and learning suprasegmental features.
Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi, Sorour Zekrati 2016, 'RELATIONSHIP AMONG BRAIN HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE, ATTITUDE TOWARDS L1 AND L2, GENDER,AND LEARNING SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES', Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguisticshttp://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/2743. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that both segmental and suprasegmental primes affect reading at an abstract phonological level.
Simone eSulpizio, Simone eSulpizio, Remo eJob 2015, 'The segment-to-frame association in word reading: Early effects of the interactionbetween segmental and suprasegmental information', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01612/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)