- 著者
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Zendo Uwano
- 出版者
- The Linguistic Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- 言語研究 (ISSN:00243914)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.Supplement.1, pp.117-154, 2021 (Released:2021-11-09)
- 参考文献数
- 31
Based on modern dialects and ancient documents, I propose a proto-accent system for the mainland Japanese dialects. For the high-beginning series I hypothesize a falling pattern of the form HHMM…, instead of the high-level pattern HHHH…. For the low-beginning series I incorporate the qu (departing) tone, that is, words with rising pitch, into the system. As a whole, the proto-system consists of two tonal registers, falling and low-level, and two accent kernels, ascending and lowering, producing a system that contains more oppositions than that previously proposed.