pitch contour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpitchandcontour
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pitch
noun
uk/pɪtʃ/us/pɪtʃ/
UK
an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, ...
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contour
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.tɔːr/us/ˈkɑːn.tʊr/
the shape of a mass of land or other object, especially its curved surface or the curved shape formed by its ...
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(Definition ofpitchandcontourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpitch contour
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This pretonic length is accompanied by a fixed rising-fallingpitchcontour.
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If the stressed vowel is long enough, then thepitchcontouris fully realisable on the stressed syllable.
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The association of a fallingpitchcontourwith stress, either in word prosody or phrasal prosody, is characteristic of dialects in this general region.
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The pitch contrast is described as one between a rising-falling and a fallingpitchcontour.
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Stress on a word-initial syllable is pronounced with a fallingpitchcontourin both dialect types.
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Over the accent unit "0basketball stadium " each manipulatedpitchcontourfor each speaker had the same beginning point and the same ending point.
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Rather, the conventionalpitchcontourgives the utterance the force of a directive.
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Thepitchcontouralso indicates that the teacher is revoicing the student response to indicate something more is needed.
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This preserved the original shape of thepitchcontour, as well as the relative rates of pitch dynamism between the peaks and valleys.
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Thepitchcontouroften reflects the tone levels of the spoken word.
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These subjects judged our stimuli to be of the samepitchcontourwe intended over 97% of the time.
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The stressed syllable is always associated with low or fallingpitchcontour, and there are no reports of a ' musical' intonation in these dialects.
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However, some use technical statements inappropriately, for example 'out of tune' was used of the intervallic range within thepitchcontour.
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There is a neutral form, a continuant, with a generally rising pitch, and a terminator, with a fallingpitchcontour.
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The use of tonemes and the precisepitchcontourof the tonemes may differ per dialect.
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The variability of pitch height is calculated as the standard deviation both at the end and at the beginning of each fallingpitchcontour.
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Lexical prominence is said to be articulated as a rising-fallingpitchcontourover two syllables in both types of dialects.
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The melody notes of the first, second, and fourth stanzas of each verse fit that samepitchcontourand rhythm, while the third is very similar.
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