The organization of Japanese prosody
The organization of Japanese prosody
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日语韵律的组织
DOI:
10.2307/489386
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发表时间:
1987
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影响因子:
62.1
通讯作者:
Haruo Kubozono
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作者:
Haruo Kubozono
This paper discusses several topics concerning what I call the ,, semantic constraint" on Japanese compounds, a constraint which blocks the prosodic compound formation process in the language. The main discussion starts with the claim that there are two types of compounds in Japanese, "compounding compounds, " to which the prosodic compound rule readily applies, and "non-compounding compounds", which somehow fail to undergo the process. After justifying this position, I will attempt to make a detailed examination of the marked semantic structures constituting the "semantic constraint, " which are responsible for the second type of compounds. I will also show the fact that the compound formation process in English admits of exceptions which are significantly similar to those of Japanese. The second part of the paper focuses on the nature and role of the "semantic constraint" in "complex" compound nouns, or compound nouns consisting of three or more elements. It will be shown that this constraint enables us to uncover the regularities which these compounds exhibit in accentual patterning. -i pý. 'fiý#, , 26 -iZ. MZ