The Super-Segmentals
ðə suprəsegmentals
Conversational Koala
SUPRA-SEGMENTAL POWER
Clear Deer uses his superior power of clarity to communicate with fellow supra-heros across open fields, at the ball park, and on a really bad cell phone line.
Clear Deer is the natural born enemy of the Conversational Koala and Ted Nugent.
ACTUAL DEFINITION
Clear speech is used by speakers when they want to be easily intelligible. This is slow speech, with long pauses between words and lengthened speech sounds.
It avoids compromising the integrity of the words or sounds, and is characterized by a greater intensity of stop sounds.
EXAMPLE
When you are trying to convey that a topic is of extreme importance you talk with great clarity.
Clear Deer
SUPRA-SEGMENTAL POWER
Conversational Koala may look cute and cuddly, but he ain't no Mr. Snuggles and he isn't gonna do yo' laundry. While he may look ornery, get him going on any of his favorite subjects and he'll talk your ear off.
Convo Koala is the sworn enemy of Clear Dear for no reason in particular.
ACTUAL DEFINITION
Conversational speech is characterized by a loss of acoustic distinctiveness, whereby sounds and words are modified and word-final stops are not released. This results in faster speech.
EXAMPLE
“buwhenurtawkinwiyurfrenzutaklikthis”
"Ya betcha tail I'mma cutchu witha eucalyptus leaf!