English Explanatory Dictionary

Meeussen's rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The rule describing a special case of tone reduction in Bantu languages, where in some contexts the second of two adjacent high tones is lowered.

Word forms

Meeussen's rule

Etymology

Named after its first observer, Achille Emile Meeussen (1912–1978).

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