"tonogenesis" meaning in English

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tonoexodus"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "coinage"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tono- + -genesis; coined by American linguist James Matisoff in 1970 in his paper Glottal dissimilation and the Lahu high-rising tone: A tonogenetic case-study.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Society",
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      "glosses": [
        "A process in which a language develops tones."
      ],
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          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "develop",
          "develop"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A process in which a language develops tones."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonogenesis"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tonoexodus"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "tono",
        "3": "genesis"
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "James Matisoff",
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      },
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      "name": "coinage"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tono- + -genesis; coined by American linguist James Matisoff in 1970 in his paper Glottal dissimilation and the Lahu high-rising tone: A tonogenetic case-study.",
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      },
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns",
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        "A process in which a language develops tones."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A process in which a language develops tones."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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  "word": "tonogenesis"
}