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Definition of Suprasegmental
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound.
Definition of Suprasegmental
1. Noun. (context: phonetics) An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and aspiration, that extends over more than one segment of sounds. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to a suprasegmental. ¹
3. Adjective. More than a segment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suprasegmental
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suprasegmental
Literary usage of Suprasegmental
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Physiology of the Semicircular Canals and Their Relation to Seasickness by Joseph Grandson Byrne (1912)
"The central nervous system may be divided into (1) a segmental part, comprising
the spinal cord and the basal part of the brain; and (2) a suprasegmental ..."
2. An Introduction to neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1918)
"... and in both cases the cerebellum (and in man the pons in the narrower sense
in which I use that term) is added as a suprasegmental part. ..."
3. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1918)
"... and in both cases the cerebellum (and in man the pons in the narrower sense
in which I use that term) is added as a suprasegmental part. ..."
4. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1922)
"... the latter forming the suprasegmental apparatus of the telencephalon, and
greatly modifying the form relations of all adjacent parts. ..."
5. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University Dept. of Neurology, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1921)
"Added to this, or lifted out of it, are the suprasegmental hind, mid and forebrain
motor systems of the internal cerebellar nuclei, certain collicular cells ..."
6. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"The anterior part of this epithelial tube expands into the brain, in which there
are the special correlation centers or suprasegmental apparatuses, ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1902)
"... and perhaps twitchings, is the feature most directly related to the lesion—the
affection of chiefly cerebral and cere- bellar suprasegmental mechanisms. ..."
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