:Accentology

{{Short description|Systematic analysis of word or phrase stress}}

Accentology involves a systematic analysis of word or phrase stress. Sub-areas of accentology include Germanic accentology,{{cite book | last1 = Liberman | first1 = Anatoly | title = Germanic Accentology | publisher = U of Minnesota Press | year = 1982 | pages = 410 | isbn = 9780816658183}} Balto-Slavic accentology,{{cite book |author=Rick Derksen; Tijmen Pronk |title=Accent Matters: Papers on Balto-Slavic accentology. (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics) |publisher=Rodopi |location=Amsterdam |year=2011 |isbn=978-90-420-3332-0 }} Indo-European accentology,{{cite book |author=Philomen Probert |title=Ancient Greek accentuation: synchronic patterns, frequency effects, and prehistory |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford [Oxfordshire] |year=2006 |isbn=0-19-927960-8 }} and Japanese accentology.{{cite book |author=Shigeki Kaji |title=Proceedings of the symposium Cross-Linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena, Tonogenesis, Japanese Accentology, and Other Topics: December 12-14, 2000, Gakushi Kaikan, Tokyo |publisher=Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |location=Tokyo |year=2001 |isbn=4-87297-794-7 }}