Atonics

/əˈtɑːnɪks/

अजोर/अस्वरित (भाषाविज्ञान में); बिना जोर या पिच-एक्सेंट वाले रूप (atonics)

Origin & History

From "atonic" (a- "without" + tonic "having tone/stress"), ultimately from Greek a- (privative) + tónos "tone".

"atonic" से (a- "बिना" + tonic "स्वर/जोर वाला"), मूलतः यूनानी a- (अभाव सूचक उपसर्ग) + tónos "स्वर/तान" से।

Definition

In linguistics, "atonics" refers to syllables, words, or forms that are unstressed or lack a distinctive pitch accent; they are typically pronounced with reduced prominence and may undergo vowel reduction.

भाषाविज्ञान में "atonics" उन अक्षरों/शब्दों/रूपों के लिए कहा जाता है जिन पर मुख्य जोर (stress) नहीं होता या जिनमें स्पष्ट सुर-उच्चारण (pitch accent) नहीं होता; इन्हें कम प्रमुखता के साथ बोला जाता है और इनमें अक्सर स्वर-क्षीणन (vowel reduction) हो सकता है।

Parts of Speech

Noun (plural):
In this language, atonics often cliticize to the preceding word.
इस भाषा में atonics अक्सर पिछले शब्द से चिपककर (cliticize होकर) उच्चरित होते हैं।

Usage Examples

Function words are frequently treated as atonics in connected speech.
The analysis distinguishes between tonics and atonics in the prosodic system.
Atonics may show reduced vowels compared with stressed forms.

Synonyms

Unstressed forms Unaccented forms Clitics (in some analyses)

Antonyms

Tonics Stressed forms Accented forms

Related Forms

Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Atonically

Idioms & Phrases

Tonics and atonics
जोरयुक्त (tonics) और अजोर/अस्वरित (atonics) रूप