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The Time TonesTone (linguistics) Tone (linguistics) Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning This article is about how pitch is used to distinguish words in some languages. For how pitch is used to relate emotions and attitudes in language, see Intonation (linguistics). For the styles a single speaker switches between, like formal and informal language, see Register (sociolinguistics) or Style (sociolinguistics). In linguistics, tone is the use of pitch contour, pitch register, or both to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or to inflect words.[1] In simple terms, a particular tone is the movement of a word or syllable's musical pitch: whether held steady, or sliding upwards or downwards, or any complex combination of these. Some scholars also… (Source: Wikipedia)
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