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#[[Utterance]]

#Intonational phrase (I-phrase), or prosodic declination unit (DU)

#Phonological phrase (P-phrase), or prosodic intonation unit (IU)

#Prosodic list unit (LU)

#[[Clitic]] group

#P-word ([[ω]]) (prosodic or [[phonological word]])

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The hierarchy from the mora upwards is also called the '''prosodic hierarchy'''.

Phonologists may disagree on the exact arrangement of and inclusion of units in the hierarchy. For example, the clitic group is not universally recognised, and the P-phrase and IU come from different traditions and have different definitions.

==See Also==