pitch accents

A form of pitch accent — Any of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pitch accent
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APA

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Chicago

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