著者

須藤 潤

出版者

日本音声学会

雑誌

音声研究 (ISSN:13428675)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, no.3, pp.40-50, 2010-12-30 (Released:2017-08-31)

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The Japanese interjection un as a negative response is said to have a unique tone-the falling-rising tone. However, the pitch of a Japanese word does not generally rise after a fall caused by accent. In order to verify the description of the falling-rising tone given in previous studies, I conducted two kinds of experiments: a reading task and a perception test. I found that the interjection requires a rising tone after falling. Therefore, I considered there to be two tone patterns of the interjection: a slight rising tone after falling and a prominent rising tone after falling.