unit 3 phonology.pptVIP

Contents of this lesson 1.Suprasegmental features 2.syllable 3. Syllabification 4. Maximal onset principle 5.sonority scale How do you read the following sentences? 1.世界上女人没有了男人就不能活了 2. 克林顿（炖）菜馆 3.我说不过他也得说 4. This is a beautiful girl’s dress. 5. This is an invisible man’s hair tonic. The principal suprasegmentals are stress, tone, and intonation. Others: length, pause, tempo, rhythm, pitch, etc. Suprasegmental features（ Suprasegmental phonemes) are those aspects of speech that involve more than single sound segments. P47