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tonogenesis
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Etymology
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.
Noun
tonogenesis (uncountable)
- (linguistics) A process in which a language develops tones.
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Further reading
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