@article{ART002196290},
author={LEE BYEONG HOON},
title={Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese},
journal={日本硏究},
issn={1229-6309},
year={2017},
number={44},
pages={127-145},
doi={10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127}
TY - JOUR
AU - LEE BYEONG HOON
TI - Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese
JO - 日本硏究
PY - 2017
VL - null
IS - 44
PB - The Center for Japanese Studies
SP - 127
EP - 145
SN - 1229-6309
AB - This paper aims to examine the vowel lengthening and shortening in Murayama Japanese within the framework of Optimality Theory.
Short vowels in mono-moraic nouns become to long vowels in Murayama Japanese. This lengthening is due to a minimum size restriction. Due to the constraints Lx≈PrWd and Headedness(PrWd), a lexical word must contain at least one foot. And the constraint FtBin requires feet to be either disyllabic or bimoraic. Hence a lexical word must at least be bimoraic. But mono-moraic nouns cannot satisfy the minimum word requirement. Therefore, Vowel lengthening occurs in mono-moraic nouns to be bimoraic words.
Long vowels are shortened in word final position in Murayama Japanese. To account for this phenomenon, I adopt constraints NonFinality(μ'), NonFinality(σ'), Align-R, and Max-μ. And I proposes the ranking NonFinality(μ') ≫ Align-R, NonFinality(σ')≫ Max-μ. Align-R requires that any accent falls as far to the right as possible. Nevertheless, because NonFinality(μ') dominates Align-R in the dialect, the final accent is not allowed. Hence an accent appears on the penultimate mora. By the way when a word final vowel is long vowel, if an accent is located on the penultimate mora, the markedness constraint NonFinality(σ') is violated. To avoid this violation, long vowels are shortened in word final position in Murayama Japanese.
KW - Murayama Japanese;one-pattern accent;vowel lengthening;vowel shortening;Optimality Theory
DO - 10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
ER -
LEE BYEONG HOON. (2017). Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese. 日本硏究, 44, 127-145.
LEE BYEONG HOON. 2017, "Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese", 日本硏究, no.44, pp.127-145. Available from: doi:10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
LEE BYEONG HOON "Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese" 日本硏究 44 pp.127-145 (2017) : 127.
LEE BYEONG HOON. Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese. 2017; 44 : 127-145. Available from: doi:10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
LEE BYEONG HOON. "Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese" 日本硏究 no.44(2017) : 127-145.doi: 10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
LEE BYEONG HOON. Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese. 日本硏究, 44, 127-145. doi: 10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
LEE BYEONG HOON. Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese. 日本硏究. 2017; 44 127-145. doi: 10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
LEE BYEONG HOON. Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese. 2017; 44 : 127-145. Available from: doi:10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
LEE BYEONG HOON. "Vowel Lengthening and Vowel Shortening in Murayama Japanese" 日本硏究 no.44(2017) : 127-145.doi: 10.20404/jscau.2017.02.44.127
