Chapter 14. Loanword accent of Kyungsang Korean
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Haruo Kubozono
Abstract
This paper reanalyzes loanword prosody of North and South Kyungsang Korean and proposes a mora-based accentual analysis as opposed to the traditional syllable-based tonal analyses. The new analysis is based on the following three observations. First, loanwords in both North and South Kyungsang Korean are invariably ‘accented’ in that they involve a sudden pitch fall at the surface output. Second, accent in Kyungsang Korean is fixed in a certain position of the word and does not change in phrases. Third, Kyungsang loanwords are generally accented on their penultimate mora: pitch falls between the penultimate and final moras in most loanwords, whether it is across syllables or within a syllable. Kyungsang Korean is thus a ‘mora-counting language’ as far as loanword prosody is concerned, just like many Japanese dialects.
Abstract
This paper reanalyzes loanword prosody of North and South Kyungsang Korean and proposes a mora-based accentual analysis as opposed to the traditional syllable-based tonal analyses. The new analysis is based on the following three observations. First, loanwords in both North and South Kyungsang Korean are invariably ‘accented’ in that they involve a sudden pitch fall at the surface output. Second, accent in Kyungsang Korean is fixed in a certain position of the word and does not change in phrases. Third, Kyungsang loanwords are generally accented on their penultimate mora: pitch falls between the penultimate and final moras in most loanwords, whether it is across syllables or within a syllable. Kyungsang Korean is thus a ‘mora-counting language’ as far as loanword prosody is concerned, just like many Japanese dialects.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- List of works by John B. Whitman xiii
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Part I. Syntax and morphology
- Chapter 1. On complement selection in Spanish and Japanese 3
- Chapter 2. The syntactic status of by -phrases in Korean and Japanese 23
- Chapter 3. Displaced modification 45
- Chapter 4. Some asymmetries of long distance scope assignment in Sinhala 73
- Chapter 5. Autosegmental evaluative morphology in Japanese 97
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Part II. Interfaces
- Chapter 6. On the distribution of the discourse particles - yo in Korean and - ne in Japanese 125
- Chapter 7. Wh- indefinites in East Asian languages 139
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Part III. Diachrony
- Chapter 8. Resultative and termination 157
- Chapter 9. Differential argument marking and object movement in Old Japanese 181
- Chapter 10. Possessive nominal phrases in Lamaholot 207
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Part IV. Psycholinguistics
- Chapter 11. An experimental study of children’s comprehension of lexical and productive causatives in Japanese 229
- Chapter 12. Parsing Chinese relative clauses with structural and non-structural cues 253
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Part V. Phonology
- Chapter 13. The inexorable spread of 〈ou〉 in Romanized Japanese 287
- Chapter 14. Loanword accent of Kyungsang Korean 303
- Chapter 15. The role of perceived similarity and contrast 331
- Chapter 16. The status of schwa in Indonesian 343
- Chapter 17. Quantitative and qualitative restrictions on the distribution of lexical tones in Thai 371
- Subject index 387
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction ix
- List of works by John B. Whitman xiii
-
Part I. Syntax and morphology
- Chapter 1. On complement selection in Spanish and Japanese 3
- Chapter 2. The syntactic status of by -phrases in Korean and Japanese 23
- Chapter 3. Displaced modification 45
- Chapter 4. Some asymmetries of long distance scope assignment in Sinhala 73
- Chapter 5. Autosegmental evaluative morphology in Japanese 97
-
Part II. Interfaces
- Chapter 6. On the distribution of the discourse particles - yo in Korean and - ne in Japanese 125
- Chapter 7. Wh- indefinites in East Asian languages 139
-
Part III. Diachrony
- Chapter 8. Resultative and termination 157
- Chapter 9. Differential argument marking and object movement in Old Japanese 181
- Chapter 10. Possessive nominal phrases in Lamaholot 207
-
Part IV. Psycholinguistics
- Chapter 11. An experimental study of children’s comprehension of lexical and productive causatives in Japanese 229
- Chapter 12. Parsing Chinese relative clauses with structural and non-structural cues 253
-
Part V. Phonology
- Chapter 13. The inexorable spread of 〈ou〉 in Romanized Japanese 287
- Chapter 14. Loanword accent of Kyungsang Korean 303
- Chapter 15. The role of perceived similarity and contrast 331
- Chapter 16. The status of schwa in Indonesian 343
- Chapter 17. Quantitative and qualitative restrictions on the distribution of lexical tones in Thai 371
- Subject index 387