Question

Additional speech features such as stress, pitch, length etc., affecting speech sounds are called __.

• A. Clusters
• B. Syllables
• C. Suprasegmentals
• D. Morphemes

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Suprasegmentals

• Suprasegmentals (also called prosodic features) refer to speech features like:

  • stress

  • pitch

  • intonation

  • length

  • rhythm

  • tempo

These features go beyond individual sounds (segments) like consonants and vowels, and affect larger units such as syllables, words, or entire utterances.

👉 Example:

• The word record can be a noun or a verb depending on stress:

  • ˈrecord (noun)

  • reˈcord (verb)