tone-bearing unit

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English[edit]

Mandarin Chinese examples
 tones  H MH MLH HL
 |  ⋁ \|/  ⋁
 segments ɕi ɕi ɕi ɕi
 gloss 'bright' 'practice' 'happy' 'play'
 Tone-bearing units indicated in bold.

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Noun[edit]

tone-bearing unit (plural tone-bearing units)

  1. (phonology) In autosegmental phonology, a segment, usually a syllable nucleus, which can be associated with a tone.