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Musical Accent in Japanese Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Oreste Pletner
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Many grammars of the Japanese spoken language have been written, and some of them are well compiled on more or less scientific principies, but one of the most important characteristics of the spoken language, namely the tones and their laws, have been rather neglected.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , June 1924 , pp. 447 - 466
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1924

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References

1 When a word is printed in thick type it means that it is written phonetically (I.P.A. system).

1 The notation kak-∥kai- is to be read thus: the stem kak- is changed in certain inflected forms to kai-,

1 The verb ka-U (to buy) is supposed to have been originally kap-U, then changed to kaf-U, and finally ka-U.

2 Morphemes are the smallest morphological elements into which words can be divided. Thus the words goodness, supporter, both consist of two morphemes, good and -ness, support. and -er.

3 A prefixed *denotes a supposed older form.

1 Three syllable law.

1 Three syllable law.

1 A Syntagm is a word which we recognize as a constituent of a phrase.

1 The mark, placed under a consonant indicates that that consonant is syllabic.

1 Syntagm is a word which we recognize as a constituent of a phrase.