Rara #107

Legacy number: 107

 Number  107
 Phenomenon  tonal patterns (initial lowering delayed by one mora, tonal alternations in inflected verb forms and in combinations of nouns with following particles) dependent on height of vowel in tone-bearing or neighbouring mora
 Found in  Matsue dialect of Japanese
 Domain  phonology — tone
 Type  nonesuch
 Keywords  vowel height
 Source  Nitta, Tetsuo (2001). The accent system in the Kanazawa dialect: The relationship between pitch and sound segments. In Shigeki Kaji (ed.), Cross-Linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Tonogenesis, Japanese Accentology, and Other Topics, 153-185. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
Odden, David (2001). Comments on 'The accent system in the Kanazawa dialect: The relationship between pitch and sound segments'. In Shigeki Kaji (ed.), Cross-Linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Tonogenesis, Japanese Accentology, and Other Topics, 187-193. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
 Violates  none

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Discussion
Notes
e.g. k?rÌ-r?, k?rÏ-t· borrow-INF, borrow-PAST With the exception of consonantal voice, other segmental features (say, rounding or palatality) don?t ever seem to condition tone rules.
Comment
Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
e.g. kàrí-rú, kàrì-tá
borrow-INF, borrow-PAST

With the exception of consonantal voice, other segmental features (say, rounding or palatality) don't ever seem to condition tone rules.