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Downdrift — In phonetics, downdrift is the cumulative lowering of pitch over time due to interactions among tones, called downstep, in a tonal language. It is distinct from the general lowering of the pitch during prosodic contours of a tonal or non tonal… … Wikipedia
Jacobson downdrift — feeding slack into a fly line as the fly emerges downstream; imitates an emerging insect … Dictionary of ichthyology
Tone (linguistics) — Not to be confused with intonation (linguistics). Top tone ◌̋ ˥ … Wikipedia
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Tone sandhi — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
Groyne — Groynes in Sitges A groyne (groin in the United States) is a rigid hydraulic structure built from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or from a bank (in rivers) that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment. In the ocean,… … Wikipedia
Coastal management — This article is about coastal management aimed to prevent erosion and flooding. For broader management issues, see Integrated coastal zone management. Oosterscheldekering sea wall, the Netherlands. In some jurisdictions the terms sea defense and… … Wikipedia
Prosodic unit — Minor (foot) break Major (intonation) break | ‖ IPA number … Wikipedia
Downstep — ꜜ◌ IPA number 517 Encoding Entity (decimal) #42780; … Wikipedia
Syllable — For the computer operating system, see Syllable (operating system). A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a… … Wikipedia
