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tonologists

tonologists is the plural of tonologist.

Meaning of tonologist

Noun

tonologist (plural tonologists)

  1. A linguist who studies tone.
    • Perhaps the most basic problem which confronts the tonologist is how to formally represent multiple tone heights, both in underlying and in derived representations.1993, Keith Snider, Harry van der Hulst, “Issues in the Representation of Tonal Register”, in Keith Snider, Harry van der Hulst, editors, The Phonology of Tone: The Representation of Tonal Register...

Questions about tonologists

What is tonologists the plural of?
Tonologists is the plural of tonologist.

Words near tonologists in the dictionary

  1. tonoi
  2. tonological
  3. tonologically
  4. tonologies
  5. tonologist
  6. tonologists
  7. tonology
  8. tonometer
  9. tonometers
  10. tonometric
  11. tonometrically

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