autosegmental
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]autosegment + -al
Adjective
[edit]autosegmental (not comparable)
- (phonology) Of or pertaining to autosegments.
- (phonology) 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.