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The document explains segmentals as sounds and introduces suprasegmental features, which include volume, rhythm, stress, and accent. It distinguishes between stress as a lexical property and accent as a post-lexical property, highlighting how syllables can be made prominent through loudness, length, quality, and pitch. Additionally, it discusses the concept of the foot as an intermediate rhythmic unit and outlines the importance of tonality, tonicity, and tone in analyzing suprasegmentals.
- Author
- Paulina Caillat
- Language
- EN