Urgent Research on the Accents of Major Southern Ryukyuan Dialects

本文以大量的资料阐明了与那国岛方言名词和动词变位形式的重音系统。基本上，它是一个三模式重音系统，在这里我们发现复合名词和它们的第一个成员之间或动词的变化形式之间没有重音相关性。对岐海岛方言名词的重音系统提出了新的解释，即重音核与词调并存的系统。此外，还阐明了菊海岛方言之间的历史关系。

The accentual system of nouns and verb conjugation forms in the Yonaguni-jima dialect is clarified with a large amount of data. Basically it is a three-pattern accent system, where we find no accentual correlation between compound nouns and their first members or among the conjugational forms of verbs. As for the Kikai-jima dialects, a new interpretation of accent system of nouns is presented, that is, a system where accent kernel and word-tone coexist. The historical relationships among the Kikai-jima dialects are also clarified.