Speech characteristics

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Speech characteristics are features of speech that in varying may affect intelligibility. They include:

• Articulation
• Pronunciation
• Speech pauses
• Speech pitch
• Speech rate
• Speech rhythm

[edit] See also

• Acoustics
• Inflection
• Prosody

v·d·e Suprasegmentals
Timing	Syllable ·Mora ·Metrical foot ·Vowel reduction
Tone	Tone contour ·Pitch accent ·Register ·Downstep ·Upstep ·Downdrift ·Tone terracing ·Floating tone ·Tone sandhi ·Tone letter
Stress	Secondary stress ·Vowel reduction
Length	Chroneme ·Gemination ·Vowel length ·Extra-short
Prosody	Intonation (pitch) ·Pitch contour ·Pitch reset ·Stress ·Rhythm ·Loudness ·Prosodic unit