English Explanatory Dictionary

catathesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Downstep or downdrift, particularly in non-tonal languages such as Japanese and English.

Word forms

catathesis catatheses

Etymology

By surface analysis, cata- + thesis. Coined by Michael Studdert-Kennedy.

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