supra- — ♦ Élément, du lat. supra « au dessus, au delà » : « une musique supranaturelle » (Barrès). « ses dons supranormaux » (Daniel Rops). « cette réalité supra humaine » (Beauvoir). supra Préfixe, du lat. supra, au dessus . ⇒SUPRA , élém. formant I.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
suprasegmental — suprasegmental, ale, aux [ syprasɛgmɑ̃tal, o ] adj. • v. 1960; de supra et segmental, d apr. l angl. ♦ Ling. Se dit d une caractéristique phonique affectant des unités plus longues que le segment. L intonation, l accent et la durée sont des… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Prosody (linguistics) — In linguistics, prosody (from Greek προσωδία ) is the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech. Prosody may reflect the emotional state of a speaker; whether an utterance is a statement, a question, or a command; whether the speaker is being… … Wikipedia
Indian English — is an umbrella term used to describe dialects of the English language spoken primarily in the Republic of India. As a result of British colonial rule until Indian independence in 1947, English remains an official language of India and continues… … Wikipedia
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Glossolalia — is commonly called speaking in tongues . For other uses of speaking in tongues , see Speaking in Tongues (disambiguation).: Tongues redirects here. For the body part, see Tongue, for other uses, see Tongue (disambiguation). Glossolalia or… … Wikipedia
suprasegmental — /sooh preuh seg men tl/, adj. 1. above, beyond, or in addition to a segment. 2. Ling. pertaining to or noting features of speech, as stress, pitch, and length, that accompany individual consonants and vowels and may extend over more than one such … Universalium
Syllable — For the computer operating system, see Syllable (operating system). A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a… … Wikipedia
Timing (linguistics) — Language timing is the rhythmic quality of a particular type of speech, in particular how syllables are distributed across time. One common way of describing language timing is by dividing languages into those with stress timing and those with… … Wikipedia
Pāṇini — For other uses, see Panini (disambiguation). Pāṇini (Sanskrit: पाणिनि, IPA: [pɑːɳin̪i]; a patronymic meaning descendant of Paṇi ) was an ancient Indian Sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara (fl. 4th century BC[1] … Wikipedia