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register lowering

[Subentry of lowering, register₂]

Fr    abaissement de registre

Synonym(s): key lowering

Related term(s): downdrift, downstep

Domain: Phonology

Source(s):

Crystal 2003: 151

CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5^th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.

ELL: 5137

The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

IEL: Vol. I, 372

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. (1992) New York: Oxford University Press.

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