sociotonetic
sociotonetic adjective: relating to the sociophonetic variation of lexical tones.
Adjective
sociotonetic (comparative more sociotonetic, superlative most sociotonetic)
- Relating to the sociophonetic variation of lexical tones.
- Therefore, the overall results of the acoustic sociotonetic analysis in the current study concur with Sui folk understanding, and they also concur with studies of lexical variables and diphthong variables (Stanford, 2007, 2008), which find that immigrant Sui women maintain their original clanlects...2008, James N. Stanford, “A sociotonetic analysis of Sui dialect contact”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 20, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 410
- The study aims to make a contribution to the acoustic sociotonetic study of lexical tones of S. Pa-O, an under-studied language of the Sino-Tibetan family.2015, Sujinat Jitwiriyanont, “Gender Variation in Acoustic Characteristics of Southern Pa-O Lexical Tones”, in Manusya: Journal of Humanities, volume 18, number 2, →DOI, page 73
Forms of sociotonetic
| comparative | more sociotonetic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sociotonetic |
Origin of sociotonetic
From socio- + tonetic, modelled after sociophonetic.
Questions about sociotonetic
- What does sociotonetic mean?
- Sociotonetic means relating to the sociophonetic variation of lexical tones.
- What part of speech is sociotonetic?
- Sociotonetic is an adjective.
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