pitch accent

NOUN
  1. emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
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  • Our study has argued that Chinese intonation has two variables: pitch accent and boundary tone.
  • Dialogues varying only in their intonation contour (specifically in pitch accent or boundary tone) were presented in a random order to 47 speakers of Midwestern American English.
  • Modern Greek also retains from the ancient language a system of three pitch accents: acute, circumflex and grave.
  • Modern Greek also retains from the ancient language a system of three pitch accents (acute, circumflex, grave).
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