tonogenesis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tono- + -genesis; coined by American linguist James Matisoff in 1970 in his paper Glottal dissimilation and the Lahu high-rising tone: A tonogenetic case-study.
Noun[edit]
tonogenesis (uncountable)
- (linguistics) A process in which a language develops tones.
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Further reading[edit]
- tonogenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia