SUPRASEGMENTATION

A suprasegmental is a vocal effect that extends over more than one sound segment in an
utterance. These include variations in stress (accent) and pitch (tone and intonation). ... There is
another term that relates with the suprasegmental elements, that is prosodic.
These features are independent of the categories required for describing segmental features
(vowels and consonants), which involve, for examples, air stream mechanism, states of the
glottis, and so on. The main components of suprasegmental features consist of: stress, pitch,
intonation, tone, and tempo.Apr 9, 2013