Suprasegmental Features.pptx

Focus on the Suprasegmentals as Tools for Speech and Theater - Stress, Pitch, Volume, Enunciation, etc.

1. Focus on the Suprasegmentals as Tools for Speech and Theater – Stress, Pitch, Volume, Enunciation, etc. By: Jenefer Camero & Dezza Mae Castillo

2. SUPRASEGMENTALS The term suprasegmental was invented to refer to aspects of sound that did not seem to be properties of individual segments (i.e. the vowels and consonants of which speech is composed). Suprasegmental applies to several different linguistic phenomena (including pitch, duration, and loudness). Which are often regarded as the "musical" aspects of speech.

3. SUPRASEGMENTALS Without supra-segmental features superimposed on the segmental features, a continuous speech can also convey meaning but often loses the effectiveness of the message being conveyed." Suprasegmentals are important for marking all kinds of meanings, in particular speakers' attitudes or stances to what they are saying (or the person they are saying it to), and in marking out how one utterance relates to another

4. Suprasegmental Features Stress Enunciation Volume Pitch Rhythm

5. - is the degree of emphasis given a sound or syllable in speech, also called lexical stress or word stress . Unlike some other languages, English has variable stress. This means that stress patterns can help distinguish the meanings of two words or phrases that otherwise appear to be the same. Stress

6. Example: IMport Coffee is an import from Brazil. imPORT We would like to import more coffee all over Brazil.

7. Example: Ana present her painting as a present for the debutant.

8. In speech, Pitch is the relative highness or lowness of a tone as perceived by the ear, which depends on the number of vibrations per second produced by the vocal cords. Pitch is the main acoustic correlate of tone and intonation . Pitch is the vocal element that determines the accentuation and prominence of speech. PITCH

9. Example: Sam got an A in Calculus. Sam got an A in Calculus! Sam got an A in Calculus? Sam? got an A? in Calculus?

10. - refers to the loudness or softness of sound. This is controlled bythe diaphragm. To speak loudly, one must increase the amount of air r eleased when speaking. Varying the volume of the voice can help keep the audience’s attention; changing volume can help call attention to important ideas. VOLUME

11. - is a manner of speaking where the sounds or words are under-articulated, slurred, or blended together. Adults with enunciation concerns tend to move their mouths less than the average person when speaking, or speak at a faster rate than average. ENUNCIATION

12. - is the sense of movement in speech, marked by the stress, timing, and quantity of syllables. Adjective: rhythmic. In poetics, rhythm is the recurring alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in sentences or lines of verse. RHYTHM

13. -temporary stoppage of the flow in speech. -It also suggests the need to stop/pause to obtain clarity in thought relation. -is the manner of moving (transition) between two successive syllables in speech. An important type of juncture is the suprasegmental phonemic cue by means of which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings. JUNCTURE

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