prosodics
/prə(ʊ)ˈsɒdɪks/ /prə(ʊ)ˈzɒdɪks/Linguistics
noun
The suprasegmental phonological features of a language, such as intonation, rhythm, pitch, and stress, considered collectively.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in International Journal of American Linguistics. From prosodic: see -ic.
- in all one's born days
- in all one's puff
- in all probability
- in all seriousness
- in all weathers
- inalterability
- inalterable
- inalterably
- in a manner of speaking
- in a minor key
- in a moment
- inamorata
- inamorato
- in-and-out
- in and out of
- inane
- inanely
- inaneness
- inanga
- in an ideal (or a perfect) world
- inanimate
- inanimately
- inanimation
- in an interesting condition
- inanition