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tonetic, a. Linguistics.|təʊˈnɛtɪk|
[f. tone n., after phonetic.]
Of or pertaining to the use of tones in languages. So toˈnetics, the study of tones; toˈnetically adv.
1921in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1921–4 (1928) 11 A paper on Tonetics by Mr. D. H. [sic] Beach. 1921H. E. Palmer Princ Lang.-Study i. 37 Learned specialist in ‘tonetics’ (or whatever the science of tones will come to be called). 1922― Eng. Intonation i. 6 The teacher articulates one or more syllables and calls upon the students to write down in tonetic symbols what they think they have heard. 1924[see toneme.] 1926Bantu Stud. July 198 Phonetics treats of phones, phone-groups, and phonemes: tonetics treats of tones, tone-groups, and tonemes. 1934Webster Tonetically. 1938D. M. Beach Phonetics Hottentot Lang. ix. 125 In Hottentot, as in Chinese, two roots which are identical phonetically may differ tonetically when pronounced in isolation. 1958R. Kingdon Groundwork Eng. Intonation p. xxix, The tonetic stress-mark system used in this book was developed..in an endeavour to find the most practical system of marking intonation. 1964M. Schubiger in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 256 Even without extra tonetic prominence, it [sc. the self-pronoun] increases the weight of the head. 1975Language LI. 561 A considerable residue of cases still remains which must be analysed in terms of underlying homonyms yielding tonetically distinct forms in many environments. 1981Word 1980 XXXI. 151 (heading) Intonation: tonetic stress marks versus levels versus configurations. |