autosegmental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to autosegments.
  2. Of or pertaining to autosegmental phonology, a framework of phonological analysis that views phonological representations as consisting of parallel tiers of segments, rather than just one linear sequence of segments.

Word forms

autosegmental

Etymology

From autosegment + -al.

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