Extrametricality

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe situation where a particular segment or prosodic unit of a word may be ignored for the purposes of determining the stresses in the word's pronunciation.

Synonyms

suprasegmental macrosegment dextraurality dislocation endoclitic mesoclisis intramolecularity interfix extralocal supradental intertonic infix

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