Match the definition on the right with the appropriate term on the right.
Group of answer choices
Syllable-timed rhythm
[ Choose ] This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the “melody” of language and deals with the pitch changes (contours) that we use when we speak. Some different kinds of countours are raising-falling, raising, continuation rise, tag questions, and speaker attitude. In this kind of language rhythm (metaphorically also referred to as machine-gun rhythm), every syllable is perceived as taking up roughly the same amount of time as these kind of languages tend to give syllables approximately equal prominence and generally lack reduced vowels. Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish among others are commonly quoted as examples of this kind of language rhythm. In this kind of language rhythm ,there is a tendency for stressed vowels to occur at regular intervals. Therefore, the amount to time it takes to say a sentence in this kind of rhythm depends on the number of syllables that receive stress, not on the number of syllables. English is a prominent example of this kind of language rhythm. This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the strength that a syllable in a word or a word in a sentence receives. In sentences, function words are often weak while content words are usually with more loudness and strength. Assimilation
Stressed-timed rhythm
[ Choose ] This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the “melody” of language and deals with the pitch changes (contours) that we use when we speak. Some different kinds of countours are raising-falling, raising, continuation rise, tag questions, and speaker attitude. In this kind of language rhythm (metaphorically also referred to as machine-gun rhythm), every syllable is perceived as taking up roughly the same amount of time as these kind of languages tend to give syllables approximately equal prominence and generally lack reduced vowels. Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish among others are commonly quoted as examples of this kind of language rhythm. In this kind of language rhythm ,there is a tendency for stressed vowels to occur at regular intervals. Therefore, the amount to time it takes to say a sentence in this kind of rhythm depends on the number of syllables that receive stress, not on the number of syllables. English is a prominent example of this kind of language rhythm. This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the strength that a syllable in a word or a word in a sentence receives. In sentences, function words are often weak while content words are usually with more loudness and strength. Assimilation
Intonation
[ Choose ] This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the “melody” of language and deals with the pitch changes (contours) that we use when we speak. Some different kinds of countours are raising-falling, raising, continuation rise, tag questions, and speaker attitude. In this kind of language rhythm (metaphorically also referred to as machine-gun rhythm), every syllable is perceived as taking up roughly the same amount of time as these kind of languages tend to give syllables approximately equal prominence and generally lack reduced vowels. Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish among others are commonly quoted as examples of this kind of language rhythm. In this kind of language rhythm ,there is a tendency for stressed vowels to occur at regular intervals. Therefore, the amount to time it takes to say a sentence in this kind of rhythm depends on the number of syllables that receive stress, not on the number of syllables. English is a prominent example of this kind of language rhythm. This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the strength that a syllable in a word or a word in a sentence receives. In sentences, function words are often weak while content words are usually with more loudness and strength. Assimilation
Stress
[ Choose ] This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the “melody” of language and deals with the pitch changes (contours) that we use when we speak. Some different kinds of countours are raising-falling, raising, continuation rise, tag questions, and speaker attitude. In this kind of language rhythm (metaphorically also referred to as machine-gun rhythm), every syllable is perceived as taking up roughly the same amount of time as these kind of languages tend to give syllables approximately equal prominence and generally lack reduced vowels. Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish among others are commonly quoted as examples of this kind of language rhythm. In this kind of language rhythm ,there is a tendency for stressed vowels to occur at regular intervals. Therefore, the amount to time it takes to say a sentence in this kind of rhythm depends on the number of syllables that receive stress, not on the number of syllables. English is a prominent example of this kind of language rhythm. This suprasegmental characteristic refers to the strength that a syllable in a word or a word in a sentence receives. In sentences, function words are often weak while content words are usually with more loudness and strength. Assimilation
