contour tone
1Tone (linguistics) — Not to be confused with intonation (linguistics). Top tone ◌̋ ˥ …
2Tone letter — Register (level) tone ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ IPA number 519–523 Entity …
3Tone contour — A tone contour is a tone in a tonal language which shifts from one pitch to another over the course of the syllable or word. Tone contours are especially common in East and Southeast Asia, but occur elsewhere, such as the Kru languages of Liberia …
4tone — toneless, adj. tonelessly, adv. tonelessness, n. /tohn/, n., v., toned, toning. n. 1. any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones. 2. quality or character of sound. 3. vocal sound; the sound… …
5Tone terracing — is a type of phonetic downdrift, where the high or mid tones, but not the low tone, shift downward in pitch (downstep) after certain other tones. The result is that a tone may be realized at a certain pitch over a short stretch of speech, shifts… …
6tone language — tone′ lan guage n. ling. a language, as Chinese or Yoruba, in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having different pitches or pitch contour • Etymology: 1905–10 …
7Contour (linguistics) — In phonetics, contour describes speech sounds which behave as single segments, but which make an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. These sounds may be tones, vowels, or consonants. Many tone languages have contour …
8Tone sandhi — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …
9contour — /kon toor/, n. 1. the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object. 2. See contour line. 3. Phonet. a distinctive pattern of changes in pitch, stress, or tone extending across all or part of an utterance …
10Tone number — A tone number is a numeral used in a notational system for marking the tones of a language. The number is usually placed after the romanized syllable. Notice that a number may have very different meanings in different contexts since the systems… …
