Acoustic and Perceptual Evidence of Complete Neutralization of Word-Final Tonal Specification in Japanese
This study investigated the extent to which the Japanese lexical pitch-accent distinction is neutralized in word-final position. Native speakers of Tokyo Japanese produced minimal word pairs differing in final accent status. Words were produced both in isolation and in a sentential context, where ne...
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University of Kansas
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/590 |