Definitions from Wiktionary (floating tone)
▸ noun: (phonology) 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.
▸ noun: (phonology) 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.
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▸ noun: (phonology) 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.
▸ noun: (phonology) 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.
Similar:
non-harmonic tone,
nonaffix,
nonaffricate,
nonvocoid,
nonfricative,
non-word,
barytone,
nonsonorant,
nonvowel,
nonword,
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