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registrogenesis

registrogenesis noun: the process in which a language that lacks pitch registers gains them.

Noun

registrogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The process in which a language that lacks pitch registers gains them.
    • Eventually, the nonphonemic suprasegmental features became phonemic tonal distinctions as other sound changes occurred, such as loss of finals and changes in voicing of the initials. However, Haudricourt did not, at that time, have much access to information about the possible effects of phonation...1995, M Alves, “Tonal features and the development of Vietnamese tones”, in Working Papers in Linguistics: Department of University of Hawaii at Manoa, volume 27
    • These two evolutionary paths are strikingly illustrated by the different responses given by Chinese to two distinct waves of registrogenesis, the first time at the stage of Old Chinese, the second time at the stage of Late Middle Chinese.2012, Thomas Stolz, Monosyllables: From Phonology to Typology, page 124

Questions about registrogenesis

What does registrogenesis mean?
Registrogenesis means the process in which a language that lacks pitch registers gains them.
What part of speech is registrogenesis?
Registrogenesis is a noun.

Words near registrogenesis in the dictionary

  1. registree
  2. registrees
  3. registres
  4. registries
  5. registring
  6. registrogenesis
  7. registry
  8. registry office
  9. registry offices
  10. regium donum
  11. regius

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