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Monology vs Tonology - What's the difference?

monology | tonology |

As nouns the difference between monology and tonology

is that monology is the habit of soliloquizing]], or of [[monopolize|monopolizing conversation while tonology is (linguistics|uncountable) the study of tone in human languages.

monology

English

Noun

  • The habit of soliloquizing]], or of [[monopolize, monopolizing conversation.
    • It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life. — De Quincey.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Miriam would only speed up in her speech when she 'forgot' the presence of others, when she was, as it were, enveloped in monology .
    (Webster 1913)

    tonology

    English

    Noun

  • (linguistics, uncountable) The study of tone in human languages.
  • (linguistics, countable) The system of rules governing tones in a particular language.

    • See also

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