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  • noun linguistics a process in which a language that lacks tones gains them

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Examples

  • Now, we're not required to be bound by rules of tonogenesis because a syllable preceding a stressed syllable with falling or high-level pitch might very well develop a rising accent.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • Now, we're not required to be bound by rules of tonogenesis because a syllable preceding a stressed syllable with falling or high-level pitch might very well develop a rising accent.

    Winter's Law in Balto-Slavic, "Hybrid Theory" and phonation - Part 2 2008

  • Similar tonogenesis happened in Navajo, a language which derives from Proto-Athabaskan.

    Mommy, where do tones come from? 2007

  • This entry is really just an add-on of my previous rants on tonogenesis which were also generalized in nature.

    Fun with Old Chinese rhymes 2007

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