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Accentual change in the lexical form of Japanese i-adjectives : Comparison over time with attention to rentaikei and shuushikei

Johansson, Thea LU (2020) JAPK11 20201
Japanese Studies
Abstract
This study investigates the seemingly increasing spread of accentedness within Japanese i-adjectives in lexical final form, shuushikei, and adnominal form, rentaikei, by conducting an online survey containing Likert scale questions. Once the data had been collected, the informants were separated into age groups and their results compared between each other. In addition, the current results were compared to those of an earlier study conducted in 1993 (Taniguchi 1995). Although the total number of participants was rather low, the results suggest that the accented pattern might indeed be spreading. Moreover, the results tell us that the perceptual acceptance for accentedness is vastly higher in shuushikei than in rentaikei, even in the case... (More)
This study investigates the seemingly increasing spread of accentedness within Japanese i-adjectives in lexical final form, shuushikei, and adnominal form, rentaikei, by conducting an online survey containing Likert scale questions. Once the data had been collected, the informants were separated into age groups and their results compared between each other. In addition, the current results were compared to those of an earlier study conducted in 1993 (Taniguchi 1995). Although the total number of participants was rather low, the results suggest that the accented pattern might indeed be spreading. Moreover, the results tell us that the perceptual acceptance for accentedness is vastly higher in shuushikei than in rentaikei, even in the case of unaccented adjectives. (Less)
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author
Johansson, Thea LU
supervisor
organization
course
JAPK11 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Japanese pitch accent, Adjective, Shuushikei, Rentaikei, Accentual change, Perceptual acceptability
language
English
id
9024160
date added to LUP
2020-08-07 10:44:21
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2020-08-07 10:44:21
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  abstract     = {{This study investigates the seemingly increasing spread of accentedness within Japanese i-adjectives in lexical final form, shuushikei, and adnominal form, rentaikei, by conducting an online survey containing Likert scale questions. Once the data had been collected, the informants were separated into age groups and their results compared between each other. In addition, the current results were compared to those of an earlier study conducted in 1993 (Taniguchi 1995). Although the total number of participants was rather low, the results suggest that the accented pattern might indeed be spreading. Moreover, the results tell us that the perceptual acceptance for accentedness is vastly higher in shuushikei than in rentaikei, even in the case of unaccented adjectives.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Thea}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Accentual change in the lexical form of Japanese i-adjectives : Comparison over time with attention to rentaikei and shuushikei}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}