SUPRA-SEGMENTAL POWER

Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an excellent late-night show host.

 

ACTUAL DEFINITION

Phrase Final Lengthening is when the speaker lengthens the last stressable syllable in a major syntactic phrase or clause. This helps listeners parse spoken sentences, providing structural cues that guide the listeners' understanding

 

EXAMPLE

Space Ghost Coast to Coast doesn't know what he's saying. He'll use Phrase Final Lengthening to add emphases to the final segment of each phrase in hope of making it logical, but it stil won't make sense.