The Non-Cyclic Nature of Japanese Accentuation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11114852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Masayoshi Shibatani (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 584 |
| Publication date | 1972-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/412036 |
| OpenAlex | W2335648375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
While the cyclic application of a phonological rule hinges upon the erasure of inner labeled brackets or phrase boundaries, the late (or post-cyclic) pitch assignment rules of Japanese crucially depend on the information provided by the inner phrase boundaries. Thus we find a basic incompatibility between the principle of the transformational cycle and the nature of Japanese accentuation. This paper first points out a serious flaw in McCawley's cyclic analysis of the accentual system of Japanese, and then offers a non-cyclic re-analysis. Since English is being decycled by a number of people, what follows helps to further weaken the theory of the transformational cycle in phonology
Linguistics · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 1980 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |