• In linguistics, upstep is a phonemic or phonetic upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. It is best known in the tonal...
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    ⟨ꜛ ꜜ⟩ are defined in the Handbook as "upstep" and "downstep", concepts from tonal languages. However, the upstep symbol can also be used for pitch reset...
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  • as the Africanist equivalents of the IPA characters ⟨ꜜ⟩ downstep and ⟨ꜛ⟩ upstep. The correspondence of U+A71D ⟨ꜝ⟩ to the IPA click letter ⟨ǃ⟩ is thus accidental...
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  • Tone registers ◌̋ ˥ ꜒ Extra-high (top) ◌́ ˦ ꜓ High ◌̄ ˧ ꜔ Mid ◌̀ ˨ ꜕ Low ◌̏ ˩ ꜖ Extra-low (bottom) ꜜ◌ Downstep ꜛ◌ Upstep...
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  • tone ③) even though they no longer sound anything alike. Also phonemic are upstep and downstep, which are indicated by the IPA diacritics ⟨ꜛ⟩ and ⟨ꜜ⟩, respectively...
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  • notation   >\ ʡ epiglottal plosive Archi гӀарз (complaint) [>\arz] ^ ꜛ upstep   ! ꜜ downstep   !\ ǃ postalveolar click Zulu iqaqa (polecat) [i:!\a:!\a]...
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  • Labiodental flap (2C71) Modifier Tone Letters (A700–A71F), IPA example: Upstep (A71B) Phonetic Extensions (1D00–1D7F) Phonetic Extensions Supplement (1D80–1DBF)...
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    the lower half of the reflector. This is used to create the upsweep or upstep characteristic of ECE low beam light distributions. The bulb's rotative...
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  • to the antepenultimate syllable. In Yaqui, the accent is signalled by an upstep before the accented syllable. The high pitch continues after the accent...
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    languages (particularly Mixtecan) also have tone terracing where some tones "upstep" or "downstep", causing a rise or drop in pitch level for the entire tonal...
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  • the prosody of European Portuguese using tone letters alongside stress, upstep, and downstep in the same position before the syllable: [u ꜛˈvẽtu ˈnɔɾtɯ...
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  • those languages which experience tone terracing, it is in addition required in order to maintain the tonal distinctions of the language. Upstep v t e...
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  • $T2- \`^ @1 _3 _L Low 516 ◌̏ 1 1 $T1- @0 _1 _B Extra-low 517 ꜛ /) #< ^ Upstep 518 ꜜ \) #> ! Downstep 519 ˥ 5 5 $T5- #4 <T> Extra-high 520 ˦ 4 4 $T4- #3...
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  • when it occurs between two high tones, it downsteps the following tone: Upstep, which is less commonly phonemic. Yip 2002, p. 148. Beckman & Pierrehumbert...
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  • comprehension by the other party. Phonological hierarchy Tone terracing Upstep Nespor, Marina; Vogel, Irene (2012). Prosodic Phonology. Berlin: de Gruyter...
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    break) ⟨↗, ↘⟩ for global rise and fall of pitch ⟨ꜜ, ꜛ⟩ for downstep and upstep Tone, which had been indicated with an iconic line preceding the syllable...
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  • ◌ꜙ ◌ꜚ⟩ are used in Ozumacín Chinantec. ⟨ꜛ ꜜ⟩ are the IPA diacritics for upstep and downstep, while ⟨ꜝ ꜞ ꜟ⟩ are substitutes people used before broad font...
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    in a High tone being realised lower than a preceding High tone), and an upstep is also found. The "rising feature" of Mid may be related to the fact that...
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    program, initially funded by the National Science Foundation, called Iowa UPSTEP. During Penick's years at the University of Iowa, the department of science...
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  • raised high (R). The tone system also has three features: downstep (!), upstep (^) and latent low (‘ placed before the word). Rules for the operation of...
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  • only created through sandhi changes that affect some vocabulary after an "upstep". According to W.E. Welmers, this sandhi change does not occur, and if it...
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    2013: Valmis mihin vaan 2020: Alaston Suåmi with Nuera 2001: "Upsteps" 2003: "Upsteps Reprise" Solo 2000: "Vitun suomirokki" 2000: "Kanava nolla (Antakaa...
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