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ROA 622-1003

Default Accentuation and Foot Structure in Japanese : Evidence from Japanese Adaptations of French Words

Shigeko Shinohara <shinohara at psycho.univ-paris5.fr>

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Abstract:
We examined accentuation patterns that appear in Japanese
adaptation of French words. We argue that these patterns
reflect the default accentuation of Japanese grammar: they
correspond to accent patterns found in some marginal sectors
of Japanese vocabulary (e.g. proper nouns) where the accent
is predictable. Our Optimality Theoretic analysis defines
the default accentuation as the head of a non-final bimoraic
trochaic foot (essentially confirming the analyses of Yamada
1990 and Haraguchi 1991). Certain aspects of Universal Grammar
emerge in our data: shift of accent from epenthetic vowels
and variation between penultimate and antepenultimate accent
in heavy-light-syllable sequences.

Comments: Published in Journal of East Asian Linguistics 9 (2000)
Keywords: accentuation, Japanese phonology, loanword, epenthesis
Areas: Phonology
Type: Journal Article

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