福井県あわら市北潟方言の音調交替

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<p>In Awara City, Fukui Pref., the author conducted fieldwork and found that the dialect of Kitagata has a unique 3-pattern accent (tone) system which differs substantially in pitch realization from the systems of the surrounding dialects. This paper outlines the major characteristics of the system and describes a tonal change which causes each of two juxtaposed phrases to undergo tonal alternation depending on the context; for instance, <i>hà-gá</i> ʻleaf-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">nom</span>ʼ and <i>dètá</i> ʻcame outʼ become <i>hà-gà détà</i> ‘Leaves came out.’ As for the historical relationship with other dialects, the merger pattern of the accent classes of the Kitagata dialect shows a close affinity to the dialect of Kokonogi in Echizen Town (Nitta 2012).</p>

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