pitch accent

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noun

1. Also called: tonic accent.  (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables

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pitch accent

In aboriginal America also pitch accent is known to occur as a grammatical process.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

Speech involves a great variety of combinations—of pitch, accent, inflection and emphasis.

From Applied Psychology: Driving Power of Thought Being the Third in a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton

"Splendid! splendid!" he cried; "your voices, like your names, are made for one another, in quality, pitch, accent, everything."

From The Human Chord by Algernon Blackwood

Modern Greek has changed from pitch to stress, the stress being generally laid upon the same syllable in modern as bore the pitch accent in ancient Greek.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

In languages which, like English, show comparatively little pitch accent it is to be noticed that the sentence tends to develop a more musical character under the influence of emotion.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg