Tonologically

Quick meaning: Tonologically is an adverb meaning (linguistics) In a tonological manner; with respect to tone.

Meaning

(linguistics) In a tonological manner; with respect to tone.

Example Sentences

All of them influence tonologically the preceding noun in the same way: the qualified noun bears the A tonomorpheme.

Derivative suffixes marked by an asterisk are tonologically flexible; they do not take a fixed tone but rather vary in their tonal behaviour in accordance with the tonal pattern of the verb stem.

In some cases, tenses keep this tone contrast, in others these tones are neutralized by either assigning tones to non-toned verb stems or by deleting tones, making all types of verb stems look the same tonologically speaking.

[T]he fact that a lexically specifiable subgroup of etyma from within the whole group of *creaky phonation etyma split off tonologically is not surprising by itself, but rather the fact that the tonological outcome of such a development is one of blurred and opaque relationships within the resulting tone pattern.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tonally, tonetically, tonometrically, microtonally, timbrically, timbrally.

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