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Conference Paper: The Prosodic System of Japanese as a subtype of Tone System: evidence from Prinmi
| Title | The Prosodic System of Japanese as a subtype of Tone System: evidence from Prinmi |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2011 |
| Publisher | CUNY Phonology Forum. |
| Citation | The 2011 CUNY Conference on the Phonology of Endangered Languages, New York, NY., 12-14 January 2011. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Except for a few varieties, the Japanese language has developed a tonal system commonly referred to as ‘pitch-accent’, or simply ‘accent’ (Shibatani 1990). As pointed out by Hyman (2009), the term ‘pitch-accent’ has been used as a rubric in describing a number of languages that do not share a coherent system. While it is true that the prosodic system of Japanese differs essentially from that of Swedish, Serbo-Croatian or other so-called ‘pitch-accent’ languages, I contest, based on evidence from Prinmi, Hyman’s conclusion of non-existence of a subtype of tone language for … |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/141628 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Ding, PS | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-23T06:46:35Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-23T06:46:35Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 2011 CUNY Conference on the Phonology of Endangered Languages, New York, NY., 12-14 January 2011. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/141628 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Except for a few varieties, the Japanese language has developed a tonal system commonly referred to as ‘pitch-accent’, or simply ‘accent’ (Shibatani 1990). As pointed out by Hyman (2009), the term ‘pitch-accent’ has been used as a rubric in describing a number of languages that do not share a coherent system. While it is true that the prosodic system of Japanese differs essentially from that of Swedish, Serbo-Croatian or other so-called ‘pitch-accent’ languages, I contest, based on evidence from Prinmi, Hyman’s conclusion of non-existence of a subtype of tone language for … | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CUNY Phonology Forum. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | CUNY Conference on the Phonology of Endangered Languages | en_US |
| dc.title | The Prosodic System of Japanese as a subtype of Tone System: evidence from Prinmi | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Ding, PS: picus@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Ding, PS=rp01205 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 192865 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.place | United States | - |