Suprasegmental features are the important features that comes along with the segmental features

1. SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES

2.  Loudness (Stress)
 Juncture (pause)
 Pitch (Intonation)
 Length

3. Loudness
 Intensity (power)
 A syllable is never produced in the same
intensity
 There are weak and strong form

4.  Usually stress the content word that
has a meaning
 Diacritics :
‘a  primary stress
.a   secondary stress

5.  A tight-rope walker is an acrobat
 A tight ropewalker is a drunk
ropewalker

6. Example
Stressed-Unstressed Unstressed-
Stressed [tuw
Im] "to him" vs. [thIm]
"to him" [tuw
] "to her" vs.
[th] "to her"

7. Pitch
 Frequency of sound waves (Hz)
There are:
 Rise Pitch
 Fall Pitch
 Fall-rise

9. Length (duration)
 Duration (sec)
 Emotional involvement
/jes/ vs /je:::s/