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ACCENTUAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accentual system mean? 

ACCENTUAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun ACCENTUAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the system of accentuation used in a particular languageplay

  Familiarity information: ACCENTUAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACCENTUAL SYSTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The system of accentuation used in a particular language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accentual system; prosodic system

Hypernyms ("accentual system" is a kind of...):

language system (a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language)


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