Difference Between Segmental and Suprasegmental

Name   : Nur Elisha                                                                            25 April, 2016
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Class    : English Literature C                                       English Phonetics and Phonology

Mulawarman University

Difference Segmental and Suprasegmental Features

          Phoneme is sound, and sound can separate or not, is divided into two: segmental and suprasegmental. Spelling is a depiction regulation or figuratively speech sounds of a language. Because the sound is speech two elements, which segmental and suprasegmental, spelling also depict or symbolize both the sound elements.

            Segmental is phonemes that can be separated. Segmental sound refers to the notion sounds that can be segmented / separated. Segmental is not only how to symbolize the speech sounds in written form or letter, but also how to write the sounds told in the form of words, phrases, clauses and sentences, how to chop off syllables, how to write abbreviations, people's names, symbols etc. For example, when we say "Library", then the sound, can be divided into three syllables: li-brar-y  /ˈlaɪ.brər.i/. Or divided into smaller again so be: l-i-b-r-a-r-y.

          While suprasegmental is something that accompanies the phonemic that it could be the sound pressure (intonation), long-short (pitch), duration and the sound vibrations that indicate certain emotions. Suprasegmentals are often regarded as the "musical" aspects of speech. Suprasegmentals are important for making all kinds of meanings, in particular speakers' attitudes or stances to what they are saying.