著者

小倉 肇

出版者

The Linguistic Society of Japan

雑誌

言語研究 (ISSN:00243914)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1977, no.71, pp.21-40, 1977-03-31 (Released:2010-11-26)

参考文献数

20

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In this paper, based upon the internal and external evidences, the author assumes that the Nara Period ko-otsu(甲乙) distinction in /i/ and /e/(イ列・エ列)column syllables was not the one of vowels with which it is usually credited, but the one of initial consonants: palatal versus nonpalatal. Verifying that in the Suiko Period the otsu ki (キ乙)and gi (ギ乙) syllables had a labial glide, the author attempts to interpret the otsu velar syllables as having uvular phonemes / q-, G-/. On the basis of this reconstruction, the author gives the following phonemic changes from the Suiko Period to the Nara Period.