| Lemma | falling tone |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| 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') [...] 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.' |