| Lemma | unit length |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Harris (1951) |
| Titolo | Methods in Structural Linguistics |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | component (inglese) environment (inglese) length (inglese) segment (inglese) stretch of speech (inglese) vowel (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Each stretch of speech has some fixed number of segments, or, we may say, a fixed number of unit lengths each of which is occupied by some segment. The number of unit-lengths over which a component extends vary in different environments. E.g. if English ¯ extends over all successive consonants (up to # or vowel), it will occur over one consonant in /zey/ 'say', and over two in /zdey/ 'stay'. |