Question

“Floating” examples of these things include the definite article in the Bambara language. The loss of murmured consonants has led to the development of these things (10[1])in Punjabi, (10[6])one of the only (10[2])Indo-European (10[2])languages (10[2])to use them. The English-derived (10[1])Krio (10[1])developed these features through contact with sub-Saharan African languages, (10[1])which tend to use these features. (10[1]-5[2])Variations in these features (10[1])are described by downdrift, (10[1])one (10[1])example of which is their namesake “terracing.” (10[1])An orthographic (-5[1])system (10[1])devised by Chao (10[2])uses (10[1])reversed characters to indicate (10[1])sandhi (10[2])like the “3-3 rule.” (10[1]-5[1])An acute accent represents the first, or rising, (10[3])one (10[2])of these (10[1])things (10[4])in (10[2])Pinyin. (10[9]-5[2])For 10 points, name these linguistic features that use pitch to (10[1])distinguish (-5[1])meaning. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: tones [accept floating tones; accept Chao tone letters; accept tone sandhi; accept tone terracing]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AManchester2510
Vinu HariharBerkeley AStanford L2710
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BBerkeley C2710
Will HollisterLehigh APrinceton A2710
Jake Meltzer (DII)CWRU A (UG)Michigan State A2710
Tai Belke (DII)UBC BUW A2710
Qingyu ZhangUF AUF D2710
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CIndiana A3110
Ben LaFondCambridge BLSE A3110
Stephen WalshNorthwestern AWashU B3210
Abhinav Rachakonda (UG)Texas BMcGill E3210
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Pitt A3310
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CBristol A3310
Francis BernhardtMiamiPurdue A3810
Gia Harvey-Slager (UG)Texas COregon State3910
Gannon RiceClemson AAuburn A4810
MarkRutgers CBard5410
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan C (UG)54-5
Matthew Stall (DII)CWRU C (UG)Pitt B (UG)54-5
Jack RadoColumbia APenn State B5810
Delia CropperOxford AImperial A6210
Yaj Jhajhria (DII)UW BSFU6310
Michal GerasimiukStanford MStanford A7010
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARowan A72-5
Benny FeldmanUChicago CNotre Dame7310
Ethan AltshulEmory BGeorgia Tech A7610
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech ETennesse A7610
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BPenn State A7710
William HoustonUChicago BPurdue D8110
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeVassar B8210
Hamish CampbellDurham AImperial B8210
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriNYU B8610
Percy YuenCambridge DOxford B86-5
Aden SunUChicago AWashU C9410
Matthew AndersenUF CUF B9410
Chris LevesleyWarwick ABirmingham9410
Theodor MartinWashU DIndiana B9510
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ANYU A9510
Jason Thieu (DII)Michigan State B (UG)CWRU D (DII)9710
Max BrodskyUIUC ASIUE A9810
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan B9810
Roan DowlingIowaWUSTL A9810
Matthew TurnerOxford BCambridge D9810
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)9910
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DOle Miss9910
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech F10010
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BGeorgia A10010
Malachi LedfordTusculum ASouth Carolina A10010
Ivonne ZhouPenn AJohns Hopkins B10010
Arjun BothraHaverford ARutgers A10010
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas AMississippi State10010
Anthony LovegrenUCF AUF F100-5
Leighton KarpiniaFlorida Tech BFlorida Tech A10010
Josie Scott-FlemingBristol BDurham B10010
Greg MylesEdinburghVanderbilt100-5
Ryan SharpeLSE BWarwick B10010
Harris BeckerAlabama AAuburn C11110
Sam AlahiUIUC CUChicago D112-5
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C11310
John ShellyRowan AJohns Hopkins A11410
Emmett ChoUChicago DUIUC C1140
Reed Sexton (UG)Michigan C (UG)Michigan A11410
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)CWRU C (UG)11410
Alexander NicholsUCF BUF E11410
Kyan van BeekUF EUCF B1140
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltEdinburgh11410