Japanese Tone Structure

Author : Janet Breckenridge Pierrehumbert,Mary E. Beckman
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UVA:X001454840

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Japanese Tone Structure by Janet Breckenridge Pierrehumbert,Mary E. Beckman Pdf

"Japanese Tone Structure" provides a thorough, phonetically grounded description of accent and intonation in Tokyo Japanese and uses it to develop an explicit account of surface phonological representation. The unusual amount of quantitative phonetic data analyzed and its testing in a detailed model make this an important new study for theoretical phonologists, phoneticians, and specialists in Japanese.The authors' broader purpose, however, is to develop a general theory of surface representation that can capture salient facts about prosodic structure in all languages and provide a suitable input to phonetic rules. The theory integrates autosegmental principles into a metrical account of prosodic structures in an explicit formalism. The work establishes phonology and phonetics as a productive area in cognitive science.Janet B. Pierrehumbert is a member of the technical staff in the Department of Artificial Intelligence Research at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mary E. Beckman is an Assistant Professor in the Department. of Linguistics at Ohio State University. "Japanese Tone Structure" is a Linguistic Inquiry Monograph.

Author : Laurence Labrune
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780199545834

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The Phonology of Japanese by Laurence Labrune Pdf

This account of the phonology of Japanese and its major dialects presents original analyses of every aspect of the Japanese sound system, including its segment inventory, prosodic units, mora and syllable, prosody, and accent.

Author : Mafuyu Kitahara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000078560822

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Category Structure and Function of Pitch Accent in Tokyo Japanese by Mafuyu Kitahara Pdf

Author : Natsuko Nakagawa
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101399

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Information structure in spoken Japanese by Natsuko Nakagawa Pdf

This study explores information structure (IS) within the framework of corpus linguistics and functional linguistics. As a case study, it investigates IS phenomena in spoken Japanese: particles including so-called topic particles, case particles, and zero particles; word order; and intonation. The study discusses how these phenomena are related to cognitive and communicative mechanisms of humans.

Author : Haruo Kubozono,Junko Ito,Armin Mester
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198869740

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Prosody and Prosodic Interfaces by Haruo Kubozono,Junko Ito,Armin Mester Pdf

"This volume brings together novel, original studies on prosody and prosodic interfaces. It consists of fifteen chapters, some of which look at word prosody and phrase prosody in individual languages, some examine the interactions between lexical tones and intonation, and others analyze the syntax-prosody interface. Despite much recent attention paid to prosody, there is yet a significant number of languages and dialects that remain largely undocumented or understudied. Many chapters in this volume contribute to this empirical gap in prosodic research by presenting new data, based on original fieldwork and experiments. Moreover, many chapters address important questions pertaining to the interactions between lexical and postlexical tones with in-depth investigations of both lexical prosody and postlexical phonology. Furthermore, other chapters tackle the question of how prosodic structure-either lexical or postlexical-interacts with syntactic structure, thereby contributing to our understanding of the interaction between multiple components of the grammar, embedded in a thorough understanding of current linguistic theories. The volume as a whole addresses many difficult issues and illuminates the question of how prosody is structured in language and functions in human communication"--

Author : Caroline Féry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107008069

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Intonation and Prosodic Structure by Caroline Féry Pdf

This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.

Author : Jeroen Weijer,Tetsuo Nishihara
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110885989

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Issues in Japanese Phonology and Morphology by Jeroen Weijer,Tetsuo Nishihara Pdf

The book contains a number of studies in Japanese phonology and morphology, all analyses by leading scholars in the field. It presents an overview of the work that has been done in Japan and other countries and offers new solutions to long-standing problems. In the phonology chapters, it focuses on segmental as well as suprasegmental issues, including voicing and tone, approaching these issues from a variety of perspectives, including Optimality Theory and Government Phonology. In the morphology chapters, attention is given to truncation patterns and the possibilities for compound formation.

Author : Jannis Androutsopoulos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110346831

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Mediatization and Sociolinguistic Change by Jannis Androutsopoulos Pdf

This is the first volume to focus on the role of media in processes of linguistic change, one of the most contested issues in contemporary sociolinguistics. Its 17 chapters and five section commentaries present cutting-edge research from variationist and interactional sociolinguistics, media linguistics, language ideology research, and minority language studies. The volume advances our understanding of linguistic change in a mediatized world in three ways. First, it introduces the notions of sociolinguistic change and mediatization to create a broader theoretical framing than the one offered by ‘the media’ and ‘language change’. Second, it takes the discussion beyond the notions of ‘influence’ and ‘effect’ and the binary distinction of ‘media’ vs. ‘community language’. Third, it examines the relation of sociolinguistic change and mediatization and from five complementary viewpoints: media influence on linguistic structure; media engagement in interaction; change in mass and new media language; language-ideological change; and the role of media for minority languages. Bringing these strands of sociolinguistic scholarship together, this volume examines their shared references and common lines of thinking.

Author : Shōsuke Haraguchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039485433

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The Tone Pattern of Japanese by Shōsuke Haraguchi Pdf

Author : Yukiko Sugiyama
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443834872

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The Production and Perception of Japanese Pitch Accent by Yukiko Sugiyama Pdf

The word prosody of Tokyo Japanese is often labeled as pitch accent, and is characterized by a steep fall in F0 from the accented mora into the following unaccented mora. The description of Japanese pitch accent in earlier research was primarily based on the observation of a small set of minimal pairs that differed only by pitch accent, and its bearing on the perception of pitch accent was not clear. This book attempts to overcome these limitations by conducting production and perception experiments using a larger set of minimal pairs. It first examines whether earlier descriptions of Japanese pitch accent hold generally true in Japanese by thoroughly searching minimal pairs in an electronic database. It then conducts a perception study to examine whether acoustic differences found between the minimal pairs are used by listeners in word identification. The results show that some acoustic properties related to pitch accent were not used in auditory identification, underscoring the need to look at both production and perception in studying speech. This volume also includes a short review on the literature of Japanese pitch accent. The book is ideal for those interested in the issues related to phonetics and the perception of accent and word prosody.

Author : Haruo Kubozono,Mikio Giriko
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110565065

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Tonal Change and Neutralization by Haruo Kubozono,Mikio Giriko Pdf

No book has ever been published on tonal change and neutralization, two closely related topics in tonal phonology. This will be the first book to be devoted to both. The articles collected in this volume analyze a wide range of data concerning tonal change and neutralization, including post-lexical neutralization which represents a new topic in prosodic research. The volume as a whole covers a wide range of tone and pitch-accent languages in Asia, Africa and Europe, with a main focus on Asian languages/dialects many of which are endangered now. In addition to presenting novel data and analyses about individual languages, it provides typological perspectives on tonal change and neutralization. This volume will serve as an indispensable source of data and analyses for a wide range of linguists interested in phonetics, phonology, prosody, historical linguistics, language typology, endangered languages, Japanese linguistics, and Chinese linguistics.

Author : Patrick M. Patterson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498550369

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Music and Words by Patrick M. Patterson Pdf

Composer Nakayama Shimpei (1887-1952) wrote more than 300 popular songs in his lifetime. Most are still well known and recorded regularly. An entrepreneur, he found ways to create popular songs that powered Japan’s nascent recording industry in the 1920s and 1930s. An artist, his combination of Japanese and Western musical styles and tropes appealed to Japanese sentiments in a way that not only reflected the historical and social context, but anticipated and explained those historical changes to his listeners. This book seeks to apply contextual analysis of Nakayama’s popular songs to the events that occurred in the context of Japan’s development of a record industry and popular music market between 1887 and 1952. The book evaluates Nakayama’s positions within the world of musicians, and as a bridge between intellectuals and pure artists, on the one hand, and the Japanese people on the other to understand how popular songs can enrich and deepen our understanding of the history of political and industrial development in modern Japan. The book concludes that Nakayama’s uncanny ability to make listening to Western music a comfortable experience for Japanese by adding elements from Japanese musical styles allowed him to be successful financially, and to hold respect within the artistic community as well. His skill in creating songs that spoke to large groups of people, successfully marketing those songs through an understanding of how music would sound on record, and careful communication with his audiences to understand their interests and lives made him the most popular composer of his time, and a powerful asset for Japan Victor, Inc., his record company. The ultimate goal of the book is to show how popular songs can be utilized as primary sources to help deepen our understanding of historical contexts.

Author : Takashi Imai,Mamoru Saito
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783112420423

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Issues in Japanese Linguistics by Takashi Imai,Mamoru Saito Pdf

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert

Author : Rob Goedemans,Jeffrey Heinz,Harry van der Hulst
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107164031

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The Study of Word Stress and Accent by Rob Goedemans,Jeffrey Heinz,Harry van der Hulst Pdf

Explores the nature of stress and accent patterns in natural language using a diverse range of theories, methods and data.

Author : Tomas Riad,Carlos Gussenhoven
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110190575

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Tones and Tunes: Typological studies in word and sentence prosody by Tomas Riad,Carlos Gussenhoven Pdf

Despite the recent advances in the integration of lexical tone and intonation in phonological theory, all too often the study of intonation and the study of lexical tone are viewed as belonging to different research traditions. This collection aims to strengthen the integrated approach by studying tone and intonation within a common framework, and by tracing their interaction in specific prosodic systems. Some papers deal with the structural properties of lexical tone and intonation, e.g. of Zina Kotoko (Cameroon), Borgloon Dutch (Belgium), and European Portuguese, while others focus on the historical development of the prosodic systems of Basque, Kagoshima Japanese and Scandinavian. The volume also includes a re-evaluation of a classic paper on the typology of tone rules, and a survey of features signalling question intonation in African languages.