pitch accent

noun

1. (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 Also calledtonic accent

Example Sentences

The conclusion is that "ictus in conflict requires a pitch-accent."

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

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As in early Sanskrit the accent was predominantly a pitch accent (see Accent).

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Pitch accent may be as functional as stress and is perhaps more often so.

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