Reconstruction of Ryukyuan tone classes of Middle Japanese Class 2.4 and 2.5 nouns

Reconstruction of Ryukyuan tone classes of Middle Japanese Class 2.4 and 2.5 nouns

It is generally accepted that of the five tone classes reconstructed for disyllabic nouns in Middle Japanese (MJ), Classes 2.4 and 2.5 exhibit a split correspondence with proto-Ryukyuan (pR) tone Classes B and C. This split correspondence is of tremendous importance for the reconstruction of the pro...

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Main Author: Igarashi Yosuke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022-06-01
Series:Open Linguistics
Subjects:
ryukyuan
japanese
proto-japonic
tone system
reconstruction
class 2.4
class 2.5
conditioned merger hypothesis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0193

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https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0193

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