Unaccentedness in Japanese
Unaccentedness in Japanese
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日语中的不重音
作者：
Junko Ito;Armin Mester
所谓的音高重音语言的一个特征（虽然不是必要的）是存在非重音词。日语中的非重读研究发现，这些词集中在非常特定的词汇领域，用韵律术语定义。虽然不重读可能是某种默认的，但它在词汇中分布的方式的韵律原理还远不清楚。本文研究了这种分布的结构性原因，并提出了一个正式的优选论解释，其中涉及两个著名的约束：RIGHTMOST和NONFINALITY。两者之间的紧张关系，通常通过排序（NONFINALITY RIGHTMOST）来解决，在非重读中找到了另一个令人惊讶的解决方案：没有重音，没有冲突。除了对日语单词重音进行更详细的分析外，还考虑了其他减轻语音和形态因素，旨在了解音高重音和重音重音语言之间的异同。
A characteristic, though not necessary, property of so-called pitch accent languages is the existence of unaccented words. Work on unaccentedness in Japanese has found a concentration of such words in very specific areas of the lexicon, defined in prosodic terms. While unaccentedness might be some kind of default, the prosodic rationale for the way it is distributed over the lexicon is far from clear. This article investigates the underlying structural reasons for the distribution and develops a formal Optimality Theory account, which involves two well-known constraints: RIGHTMOST and NONFINALITY. The tension between the two, usually resolved by ranking (NONFINALITY ≫ RIGHTMOST ), finds another surprising resolution in unaccentedness: no accent, no conflict. Besides providing a more detailed analysis of Japanese word accent, which takes into consideration other mitigating phonological and morphological factors, the article aims to gain an understanding of the similarities and differences between pitch accent and stress accent languages.