SINCE 1828
accentology
noun
ac·cent·ol·o·gy
| \ ˌak-ˌsen-ˈtä-lə-jē
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Definition of accentology
linguistics
: the study of accentuation in language : a system of accentuation in a particular language
The book also gives a bibliography, listing key books and articles of interest to students of Serbo-Croatian accentology.— Thomas J. Butler, General Linguistics, 1972
Other Words from accentology
accentological
\ ˌak-ˌsen-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl
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adjective
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adjective
accentological studies
accentologist
\ ˌak-ˌsen-ˈtä-lə-jist
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noun,
plural accentologists
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noun,
plural accentologists
Various accentologists have told me how hard it is to teach native speakers to become aware of the prosodic distinctions in their own dialects and thereby to teach them to read and write accented materials for any purpose.
— Horace G. Lunt, Language, September 1970
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