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SYNTAGME INTONATIF [1 record]

Record 1 2001-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Language
DEF

Basic prosodic unit of intonation, often (by no means always) corresponding to a stretch delimited by punctuation in the written form of an utterance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Linguistique
CONT

Les critères généralement utilisés pour définir un syntagme intonatif (ou l'unité intonative) sont : la pause, l'anacrouse, la durée et la hauteur.

Spanish

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