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In phonetics and phonology, a '''segment''' is a minimal sound element that can be isolated in the chain of speech, corresponding to a letter in alphabetic representation of speech.


'''Segment''' is a [[phoneme]]
===Polysemy===
Another meaning:
*[[segment (in syntax)]]


=== Links ===
===Other languages===
 
German [[Segment (in der Phonologie)]]
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Segment&lemmacode=208 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 
=== Syntax ===
 
structural/configurational notion. In an [[adjunction]] structure like (i), the category A consists of two segments, the upper A and the lower A.
 
(i) A
      /|
      / |
    B A
 
Cf. [[Exclusion]], [[Dominance]].
 
=== Links ===
 
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Segment&lemmacode=208 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 
=== References ===
 
* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
* Lasnik, H. and M. Saito 1992. ''Move alpha: conditions on its application and output,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.


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In phonetics and phonology, a segment is a minimal sound element that can be isolated in the chain of speech, corresponding to a letter in alphabetic representation of speech.

Polysemy

Another meaning:

Other languages

German Segment (in der Phonologie)

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