English Lesson on Suprasegmental Phonology

2. Prosodic Features of
Speech
(suprasegmental phonology)

3. Prosodic Features of Speech
Pause
Stress Volume
Pitch
Tempo

4. Pause
A temporary stop
Why Pause?
•Give the listener time to understand your
words.
•Emphasize one main word in a group of
words.

5. •Excuse me. / Where is
the bathroom?”
• “Now that I see it, / I think I
prefer it in red.”
•“She hasn’t told me, / but I think
/ she’ll get married soon.”

6. 7 Categories of Content words
Content words are those words that carry the meaning
of a sentence. These include:
• nouns
• main verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• negatives (“not”)
• wh-words (“what”)
• interjections (“wow!”)

7. Where is my dog?

8. Pitch
•The degree of highness
or lowness of a tone.

9. Say Hi

10. Stress
To pronounce (a syllable or word) in a
louder or more forceful way than
other syllables or words

11. Noun and
Adjective
Verb and
Preposition
stress is on the first
syllable
stress is on the second
syllable
SAMples aMONG
INsult inSULT

12. Remember:
Only vowels are stressed, not
consonants.

13. Volume
•used to show
emotions such
as fear or anger

14. Tempo
The rate or speed of
motion or activity; pace.

15. Being a good speaker and a
good listener can help in
______________________
because _______________.