suprasegmentallyadv.
/ˌsuːprəsɛɡˈmɛntl̩i/, /ˌsuːprəsɛɡˈmɛntəli/, /ˌsjuːprəsɛɡˈmɛntl̩i/, /ˌsjuːprəsɛɡˈmɛntəli/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˌsɛɡˈmɛn(t)l̩i/ 1. Anatomy and Physiology. At or to the suprasegmental level.
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1927 Jrnl. Anat. 61 183 The muscles are arranged, first segmentally, then intersegmentally, and finally suprasegmentally.
1957 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 240 136 Six longitudinal tracts extending suprasegmentally.
1981 Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics 216 270 The drug effects were compared in anesthetized cats..to determine whether the drugs were acting segmentally or suprasegmentally.
2010 Neuroscience 168 831/2 Central delivery of nociceptive information is critically dependent on interaction of peripheral input reaching spinal second order neurones with both segmentally and suprasegmentally organized modulatory circuits.
2. Linguistics. In terms of suprasegmental features.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adverb] > prosodically
prosodically1937
suprasegmentally1957
1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. v. 105 Sentences may be described suprasegmentally in respect of the prosodemes of length, stress and pitch.
1970 J. W. Gair Colloq. Sinhalese Clause Struct. vi. 133 The focus may be marked only suprasegmentally, even if the form of the predicator indicates that the focus is elsewhere in the clause.
2007 Anthropol. Linguistics 49 86 Most strikingly, Nubi distinguishes no less than four different verbal forms suprasegmentally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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