Of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing. 属于或关于语言节奏方面的超音质现象如:音调、重音、音渡、鼻音化和语态。
Assimilation: a process by which one sound takes on some or all the characteristics of a neighbouring sound. It includes nasalization, dentalization and velarization. 同化:指一个音具有了邻音的一部分或者全部特征这一过程。包括鼻化、齿化和腭化。