Analysis of accent and intonation in the Northern Kanto Area

这项研究记录了关东北部无重音地区赤木县的自发对话语音，并分析了语音的基音模式，检查了当前口音和语调方面的情况。据说，词尾和句尾的上升是无重音方言的一个特点。然而，我确认了韵母上升的出现位置的趋势与标准日语基本相同，韵母上升的频率并不高于标准日语。通过操纵语音的听觉测试发现，无重音方言中的白假体调与标准日语的上升语调之间的差异是上升的。此外，我还调查了前一节《简？》的词语重音和重音。它被用作协议的要求。该地区90%以上的年轻人使用标准口音系统。另一方面，超过80%的人压低了前一节的“简？”通过这项研究，可以清楚地看到近年来该地区口音使用的变化。

This research recorded spontaneous conversational speech in Tochigi prefecture which is a part of the northern Kanto accentless area, and analyzed pitch patterns of the speech, examined current aspects of accent and intonation. It is said that phrase-final and sentence-final rising(shiriagari-cho) is a characteristic feature of accentless dialects. However, I confirmed that a tendency of the occurrence position of final rising is almost same as standard Japanese and the frequency of final rising is not higher than standard Japanese. According to auditory tests by using manipulated speech, it is revealed that the difference between shiriagari-cho in accentless dialects and rising intonation of standard Japanese is degree of rising. In addition, I investigated about word accent and accent of the preceding section of "jane?" which is used as demand of agreement. More than 90% of younger people in the region use the standard accent system. On the other hand, more than 80% of them flattened the preceding section of "jane?" The transition of the usage of accent in recent years in the region became clear by this research.