que rige

English translation: that governs (the metrical structure/prosody)

14:45 Apr 5, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: que rige
Actually I could use help with this sentence... please see my take below - comments appreciated!

En §9 se describe el componente fonológico suprasegmental, mostrando la función opositiva del tono en el léxico, y su función como elemento que rige la prosodia de la palabra (dominios prosódicos identificados por esquemas tonales).

The following chapter describes the tonal system of the language and demonstrates the contrastive function of tone in the lexicon and how the word prosodic profiles can be derived from lexical tone specifications.
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English translation:that governs (the metrical structure/prosody)
Explanation:
I would suggest ...

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or: determines
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3 +11that governs (the metrical structure/prosody)
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5that rules / that constrains
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that governs (the metrical structure/prosody)


Explanation:
I would suggest ...

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-04-05 14:56:49 GMT)
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or: determines

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that rules / that constrains


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