Accentual System of the Sanagishima Dialect(<Feature Articles>Phonetics and Phonology of Shikoku Dialects)

Abstract

This paper describes the accentual system of the Sanagishima Dialect, centering on (1) the opposition and neutralization of two registers (low-level register and high-level register), (2) phonological interpretations of tonal patterns which occur in quasi-complementary distribution conditioned by vowel aperture and morpheme boundary, and (3) accent changes in progress which influence the interpretations of the accentual system.