Word and Sentence Prosody : : The Endangered Dialect of Koshikijima Japanese / / Haruo Kubozono.

This is the first comprehensive work on word and sentence prosody in Koshikijima Japanese, a dialect of Japanese not fully documented in the literature. It is an endangered dialect spoken by about 2,000 speakers on a small southern island in Japan. Being separated from mainland dialects by the sea,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2022]
©2023
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Phonology and Phonetics [PP] , 31
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Introduction to Japanese phonology
  • 2 Typological features of KosJ word prosody
  • 3 Emergence of a secondary H Tone
  • 4 Syllable and accent
  • 5 Postlexical deletion of lexical H Tone
  • 6 Question and vocative prosody
  • 7 Other aspects of sentence prosody
  • 8 Summary and prospect
  • References
  • Index