Issues in Rendaku: Solving the Nasal Paradox and Reevaluating Current Theories of Sequential Voicing in Japanese

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Rendaku (連濁), or Sequential Voicing, is a process that occurs in Japanese compounds wherein the initial voiceless obstruent of the second element becomes voiced. This phenomenon has been the subject of much study because of its extreme irregularity, to the point that it led one researcher to remark, “I am unable to state the environment in which the ‘voicing rule ’ applies.

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