tonogenesis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A process in which a language develops tones.

    不可数 语言学

词源

From 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.

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