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Lemma  high tone 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  case suffix (inglese)
falling tone (inglese)
language (inglese)
low tone (inglese)
pitch alternation (inglese)
reduplication (inglese)
suffix (inglese)
syllable (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

In Ewe [...] there are formed from 'subo' 'to serve' two reduplicated forms, an infinitive 'subosubo' 'to serve,' with a low tone on the first two syllables and a high one on the last two [...]
- Sapir (1921), a pag.80

 
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