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Meaning of floating tone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A morpheme or element of a morpheme that contains no consonants or vowels, but only tone. It cannot be pronounced by itself, but affects the tones of neighbouring morphemes.
  2. A phonemic tone which is not associated to a syllable and is only pronounced in its effect on neighboring tones, such as by causing downstep.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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floating vote floating voter floating wind turbine floating wood tile Floating-point floating-point number

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