Syllable Weakening in Kagoshima Japanese

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_3808
dc.contributor.author	Younberg Connor
dc.title	Syllable Weakening in Kagoshima Japanese. An Element-Based Analysis
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines syllable weakening or nisshōka (入声化) in Kagoshima Japanese (KJ), where high vowel apocope feeds lenition, leading to correspondences such as Tōkyō Japanese (TJ) [kaki] ‘persimmon’ and Kagoshima [kaʔ]. The traditional pattern noted in the literature is quite clear. Apocope elides stem-final /u/ or /i/. The preceding onset is lenited in one of four ways: 1) stops and affricates are debuccalised (/kaki/ > [kaʔ] ‘persimmon’); 2) fricatives undergo voicing neutralisation (TJ [kazu] > KJ [kas] ‘number’); 3) nasals undergo place loss (TJ [kami] > KJ [kaɴ] ‘paper’); 4) rhotics undergo gliding (TJ [maru] > [maj] ‘round’). This paper presents an initial analysis of the data within Element Theory representational framework.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Linguistics and Language Education
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-07-03
dc.dateAccepted	2029-06-08
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-03-02
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-429-5/syllable-weakening-in-kagoshima-japanese/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-428-8/002
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-429-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-428-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Japanese dialects
dc.subject	Japanese dialects
dc.subject	Kagoshima Japanese
dc.subject	Kagoshima Japanese
dc.subject	Lenition
dc.subject	Lenition
dc.subject	Phonology
dc.subject	Phonology
dc.subject	Segmental Structure
dc.subject	Segmental Structure
dc.subject	Theory
dc.subject	Theory

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Syllable Weakening in Kagoshima Japanese

An Element-Based Analysis

Connor Younberg LLING (UMR-6310) & Université de Nantes, France

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This paper examines syllable weakening or nisshōka (入声化) in Kagoshima Japanese (KJ), where high vowel apocope feeds lenition, leading to correspondences such as Tōkyō Japanese (TJ) [kaki] ‘persimmon’ and Kagoshima [kaʔ]. The traditional pattern noted in the literature is quite clear. Apocope elides stem-final /u/ or /i/. The preceding onset is lenited in one of four ways: 1) stops and affricates are debuccalised (/kaki/ > [kaʔ] ‘persimmon’); 2) fricatives undergo voicing neutralisation (TJ [kazu] > KJ [kas] ‘number’); 3) nasals undergo place loss (TJ [kami] > KJ [kaɴ] ‘paper’); 4) rhotics undergo gliding (TJ [maru] > [maj] ‘round’). This paper presents an initial analysis of the data within Element Theory representational framework.

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July 3, 2020

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June 8, 2029

Submitted

March 2, 2020

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978-88-6969-429-5

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978-88-6969-428-8

Keywords: Theory • Japanese dialects • Kagoshima Japanese • Lenition • Phonology • Segmental Structure

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