Japanese vowel deletion occurs in words in citation form

Alexander Kilpatrick, Rikke L. Bundgaard-Nielsen, Brett J. Baker

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Abstract

![CDATA[Japanese vowels have allophonic reduced variants, including shortened, devoiced and deleted instances. This kind of linguistic behaviour is commonly associated with rapid or casual speech. However, the present report demonstrates that vowel deletion also occurs when Japanese speakers produce Japanese words in citation form, and not just in rapid or casual speech. We propose that deletion is more likely to occur in high-frequency lexical items, specifically in three regularly occurring suffixes.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 6-9 December 2016, Parramatta, Australia
PublisherAustralasian Speech Science & Technology Association
Pages325-328
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventAustralasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology -
Duration: 6 Dec 2016 → …

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)2207-1296

Conference

ConferenceAustralasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
Period6/12/16 → …

Keywords

  • Japanese language
  • vowels
  • phonology

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