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tonology + -ical.
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tonological (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Of or relating to tonology.
1989, Jørgen Staun, “On the Representation of Stød”, in John Anderson, Jacques Durand, editors, Explorations in Dependency Phonology, Dordrecht: Foris Publications, →ISBN, page 182:[W]e shall instead propose that stød be tonological in nature, i.e. we shall assume that it belongs in the gesture which is a ‘domicile’ for prosodic or extra-segmental units.
2005, Claus Peter Zoller, “Technical Aspects of the Dictionary”, in A Grammar and Dictionary of Indus Kohistani (Trends in Linguistics, Documentation; 21-1), volume I (Dictionary), Berlin, New York, N.Y.: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 23:However, I think that on a tonological level the Indus Kohistani and the Shina accent systems are very similar.
2007, Denis Burnham, Karen Mattock, “The Perception of Tones and Phones”, in Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Murray J. Munro, editors, Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In Honor of James Emil Flege, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Pa.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 273:[I]t can be seen that tonological awareness remains inferior to phonological awareness in the primary/lower secondary educated groups of adults. This changes however with tertiary education; tonological awareness improves dramatically to the same level as phonological awareness.
2015, Niyi Oladeji, “Language as Tranquilizer: A Phonostylistic Study of Some Yoruba Lullabies”, in Paul Tench, editor, Studies in Systemic Phonology (Bloomsbury Academic Collections, Linguistics, Open Linguistics), London: Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 200:Songs in a tonal language like Yoruba depend on tonological patterning for their beauty and euphony.
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