SUPRA-SEGMENTAL POWER

This guy's got a problem -- he can't put the "emPHASIS on the right sylABLE".

 

He's got his VERBS (subJECT) crossed with his NOUNS (SUBject)...

 

PROtest the proTEST

PROduce the proDUCE!

 

Luckily, his sidekick Hot-Dog is there to parse things out.

 

ACTUAL DEFINITION

Lexical stress helps differentiate members of a word pairs (ex: IMport vs. imPORT. blackbird, hotdog).

 

It is characterized by longer duration, greater intensity, fundamental frequency, and larger and faster articulatory movements