Rendaku and individual segments
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Timothy J. Vance
Abstract
This paper reviews suggestions involving particular individual phonemes, either as potential rendaku targets or as elements in the environment. Some of the proposed segmental effects are real, at least as statistical tendencies in the existing vocabulary, and experimental studies suggest that native speakers can and sometimes do internalize such micro-generalizations. On the other hand, although it is widely reported that a moraic nasal immediately preceding a potential rendaku site promotes rendaku, this putative tendency does not stand up to scrutiny. It has not, however, been tested experimentally. The final section of the paper looks at phenomena that preempt rendaku: moraic obstruent insertion and replacement of h with w.
Abstract
This paper reviews suggestions involving particular individual phonemes, either as potential rendaku targets or as elements in the environment. Some of the proposed segmental effects are real, at least as statistical tendencies in the existing vocabulary, and experimental studies suggest that native speakers can and sometimes do internalize such micro-generalizations. On the other hand, although it is widely reported that a moraic nasal immediately preceding a potential rendaku site promotes rendaku, this putative tendency does not stand up to scrutiny. It has not, however, been tested experimentally. The final section of the paper looks at phenomena that preempt rendaku: moraic obstruent insertion and replacement of h with w.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
- Generative treatments of rendaku and related issues 13
- Psycholinguistic studies of rendaku 35
- Rendaku and Identity Avoidance 47
- Rendaku awareness of Japanese learners in Taiwan 57
- The Rendaku Database 79
- Rosen’s Rule 107
- Rendaku and individual segments 119
- Rendaku in Okinawan 139
- Rendaku in Tōhoku Japanese 173
- Rendaku in cross-linguistic perspective 195
- A rendaku bibliography 235
- References 251
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
- Generative treatments of rendaku and related issues 13
- Psycholinguistic studies of rendaku 35
- Rendaku and Identity Avoidance 47
- Rendaku awareness of Japanese learners in Taiwan 57
- The Rendaku Database 79
- Rosen’s Rule 107
- Rendaku and individual segments 119
- Rendaku in Okinawan 139
- Rendaku in Tōhoku Japanese 173
- Rendaku in cross-linguistic perspective 195
- A rendaku bibliography 235
- References 251
- Index 273
