- In phonetics,
downdrift (also
known as
automatic downstep) is the ****ulative
lowering of
pitch in the
course of a
sentence due to
interactions among tones...
- see a
horizontal arrow ⟨→⟩ for
global level pitch (only
dropping due to
downdrift), e.g. in
Julie Barbour (2012) A
Grammar of Neverver. Additionally, some...
- and
gravel or
beach evolution. It
reduces erosion on the other, i.e.
downdrift, side by
reducing the
speed and
power of the
waves striking the s****...
-
there is
downdrift from the
first tone to the second. But when two
tones come in
adjacent syllables, as in nyaní nsómba,
there is no
downdrift. The intensity...
-
sentence not
employing the
interrogative adverb [nɑ] na?. In this situation,
downdrift is
greatly attenuated, the
penultimate syllable of the
sentence is short...
- are
lower in
pitch than the high tones. This descent,
which is
known as
downdrift, 'automatic downstep', or 'catathesis', is
common in many
African languages...
-
turned slightly towards downdrift side of the
beach is deplo**** at
updrift end of the beach, a
longer groyne at the
downdrift end of the
beach is deplo****...
- high tone, or one
sequence thereof in
opposition to one low sequence";
downdrift is
attested in the
intonational system. Most
written texts in Nigerian...
- be distinguished. The first, more
usually called automatic downstep,
downdrift or catathesis,
occurs when high and low
tones come in the
sequence H L...
- them.
Tonal sandhi processes like tone spread, tone shift,
downstep and
downdrift are
common in
African languages.
Widespread syntactical structures include...
