accentology

noun

ac·​cent·​ol·​o·​gy ˌak-ˌsen-ˈtä-lə-jē 

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

accentological

ˌak-ˌsen-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

adjective

accentological studies

accentologist

ˌak-ˌsen-ˈtä-lə-jist 

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

Word History

Etymology

accent entry 1 + -o- + -logy (after Russian aktsentologiya or German Accentologie)

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

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