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Suprasegmental - Aspect of Language (intonation, stress, loudness, pitch level, juncture - (the set of features in speech that enable a hearer to detect a word or phrase boundary), and speaking rate) Segmental - Aspect of Language (phonemes - vowels & consonants) Phonoligical Awareness - The knowledge of and sensitivity to the sound structure of language (umbrella term) It includes: rhyming, segmentation activities, and manipulation activities Segmentation Activities - segmenting sentences into words, segmenting compound words into syllables, segmenting words into syllables, identifying initial and final sounds, and segmenting syllables into phonemes Manipulation Activities - omitting syllables, omitting sounds in words, and changing sounds into words Dysarthria - A disorder in the nervous system which hinders control over the tongue, throat, lips, or lungs Neurological oral-motor dysfunction including weakness of the musculature necessary for coordinating movements of speech production (slurred speech, difficulty with articulation)