Phonological word
constituent in the phonological hierarchy, higher than the syllable and the foot but lower than intonational phrase and the phonological phrase; prosodic domain in which phonological features may spread from one morph to another
The phonological word or prosodic word (also called pword, PrWd; symbolised as ω) is a constituent in the phonological hierarchy. It is higher than the syllable and the foot but lower than intonational phrase and the phonological phrase. It is largely held to be a prosodic domain in which phonological features within the same lexeme may spread...