Abstract
This paper describes the accent system of the Miryang dialect, located in eastern Gyeong-sangnamdo in Korea. This dialect exhibits an (n+2)-way opposition for monosyllabic and bisyllabic nouns, and a (2n-1)-way opposition for nouns longer than that. It has the prosodic properties of accent kernel and word-tone. Word-tone is a prosodic property which contrasts in 'shape'. This 'shape' is contrastive in terms of its 'location' (where the pitch falls).
