Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonologist

/tə(ʊ)ˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ton-o-lo-gist
IPA: /tə(ʊ)ˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A linguist who studies tone.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps the most basic problem which confronts the tonologist is how to formally represent multiple tone heights, both in underlying and in derived representations."
"The letter was written by the late Jan Voorhoeve, a major Africanist and tonologist."
"The concept of language universals by generative grammarians directs the Japanese tonologists to view Japanese pitch-accent from a more global perspective[…]."
"Indeed, the proposals might be said to bring together the South-East Asianist's conception of ‘register’ and the tonologist’s conception of ‘register’."

Etymology

From tonology + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tonology

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /tə(ʊ)ˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/

Inflected Forms

tonologists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tonological tonologically tonology phonologist

Questions

How do you pronounce tonologist?: The recorded pronunciation is /tə(ʊ)ˈnɑləd͡ʒɪst/.
What does tonologist mean?: A linguist who studies tone.
Where does tonologist come from?: From tonology + -ist.

How to pronounce tonologist

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