遅下がり

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おそ
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
遲下がり (kyūjitai)
おそ下がり

Pronunciation

Noun

(おそ)()がり (ososagari

  1. (Japanese phonology) the phenomenon where the drop in pitch is delayed, causing subsequent morae to be (partially) as high as or even higher in pitch than the accent kernel (アクセント核)
    • 2018, 佐藤大和, “自発発話データから見たアクセントの遅下がり現象”, in 第 32 回日本音声学会全国大会予稿集, pages 66-71:
      特にアクセントのある「高」に続く「低」の拍でピッチが一部または全体に高く留まって,ピッチ下降時点が遅れる現象はアクセントの「遅下がり」(杉藤 1980,Hasegawa and Hata 1995)として知られている.
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