tone-bearing units

A form of tone-bearing unit — In autosegmental phonology, a segment, usually a syllable nucleus, which can be associated with a tone.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of tone-bearing unit
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tone-bearing units. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone-bearing%20units

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“tone-bearing units.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone-bearing%20units. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tone-bearing units,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone-bearing%20units.

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