autosegmental

Meaning

Adjective

  • Of or pertaining to autosegments.
  • 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.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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