2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Urgent Research on the Accents of Major Ryukyuan Dialects
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18320064
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
UWANO Zendo The University of Tokyo, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (50011375)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 琉球方言 / アクセント / 体系 / 世代間変化 / 音節構造 |
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| Research Abstract |
The Yonaguni dialect of Japanese has a three-pattern accent system (A, B, C). However, the realization of A and C depends on whether the final syllable of the accentual unit is heavy or not. When the final syllable is light, we have to add another free word or a particle ending in heavy syllable to make the distinction appear. This peculiarity can be explained by the following change : The loss of the final falling pitch has occurred only in the final light syllable. The change has not occurred in the final heavy syllables, where the old pitch patterns are preserved. Both pitch-rise and pitch-fall are found to have moved rightward.
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