Tonologist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tə(ʊ)ˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tonologist is a noun meaning A linguist who studies tone.
Meaning
A linguist who studies tone.
Example Sentences
The letter was written by the late Jan Voorhoeve, a major Africanist and tonologist.
Indeed, the proposals might be said to bring together the South-East Asianist's conception of ‘register’ and the tonologist’s conception of ‘register’.
The concept of language universals by generative grammarians directs the Japanese tonologists to view Japanese pitch-accent from a more global perspective[…].
Perhaps the most basic problem which confronts the tonologist is how to formally represent multiple tone heights, both in underlying and in derived representations.
Word Forms
- tonologists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tonology, typologist, tonetics, phonetician, accentologist, linguist.
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