| Presentation | 1999/7/8 Vowel Devoicing and the Function of Pitch Accent Mafuyu Kitahara, |
|---|---|
| PDF Download Page | PDF download Page Link |
| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | Pitch accent realization requires voicing. However, high vowels are sometimes devoiced even though the vowel carries a pitch accent in Tokyo Japanese. This devoicing, then, would obliterate the pitch accent were it not for other effects which preserve the accent information. Previous studies showed that there is either a pitch raising after the devoiced region or an accent shift to nearby moras in those cases. Two production experiments were conducted to see how various conditions, such as tonal context, boundary location, and syllabic environment, affect the pitch accent preservation. Results show that accent shift is strictly governed by the boundary and syllabic conditions but pitch raising does not always make up for the lack of accent shift. Accent location information is lost in such cases where neither pitch raising nor accent shift occurs. This suggests a relatively lower functional load of accentual contrast in Japanese. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | pitch accent / vowel devoicing / pitch raising / accent shift / function of accent |
| Paper # | SP99-46 |
| Date of Issue |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | SP |
|---|---|
| Conference Date | 1999/7/8(1days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | |
| Chair | |
| Vice Chair | |
| Secretary | |
| Assistant | |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Speech (SP) |
|---|---|
| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Vowel Devoicing and the Function of Pitch Accent |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | pitch accent |
| Keyword(2) | vowel devoicing |
| Keyword(3) | pitch raising |
| Keyword(4) | accent shift |
| Keyword(5) | function of accent |
| 1st Author's Name | Mafuyu Kitahara |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Dept of Linguistics/Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University() |
| Date | 1999/7/8 |
| Paper # | SP99-46 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.99 |
| Number (no) | 165 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 5 |
| Date of Issue | |