Portal:Phonology/Prosody

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Above the level of segmentals (vowels, consontants) are suprasegmentals - intonation and stress patterns. These suprasegmentals interact sometimes with the segmental pronunciation, in the form of contractions, blending of sounds (assimilation), cutting off sounds (truncation), and such (natural and fast speech phenomena). Prosody refers to the rhythm of the language, which is affected by suprasegmental features and these related speech phenomena.

1 Word stress

2 Stress and intonation beyond word level

3 Overview of prosody

3.1 Stress, intonation, prosodic effects