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autosegmental

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English

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Etymology

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From autosegment +‎ -al.

Adjective

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autosegmental (not comparable)

  1. (phonology) Of or pertaining to autosegments.
  2. (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.