English

Adjective

tonological ‎(not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Of or relating to tonology.
   • 1989, Jørgen Staun, “On the Representation of Stød”, in John Anderson and Jacques Durand, editors, Explorations in Dependency Phonology, Dordrecht: Foris Publications, ISBN 978-90-6765-297-1, 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 978-3-11-017947-7, 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 and 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 978-90-272-1973-2, 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 978-1-4742-4666-8, page 200:

     Songs in a tonal language like Yoruba depend on tonological patterning for their beauty and euphony.

Derived terms

• tonologically

Related terms

• tonologist
• tonology

See also

• phonological