nonesuch 107: 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
Where found
Matsue dialect of Japanese
Domain
phonology
Subdomain
tone
Keywords
vowel height
Type
nonesuch
Universals violated
none
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.
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.