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Lemma  falling tone 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  case suffix (inglese)
high tone (inglese)
pitch alternation (inglese)
rising tone (inglese)
significant (inglese)
suffix (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

[...] pitch variations are phonetically essential to the language [...] as in classical Greek (e.g., 'lab-on' 'having taken' with a simple or high tone on the suffixed participial '-on', 'gunaik-on' 'of women' with a compound or falling tone on the case suffix ' -on') [...]
- Sapir (1921), a pag.79

There is probably a real psychological connection between symbolism and such significant alternations as [...] Chinese 'mai' (with rising tone) 'to buy' and 'mai' (with falling tone) 'to sell.'
- Sapir (1921), a pag.129

 
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