On some phonological properties of the mimetic vocabulary component of Japanese

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概要

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• Japanese is noted for having a structured lexicon with well defined sub-sections. These sections are etymological in origin, but continue to manifest themselves through their phonological properties. Ito and Mester (1999, 2008) have shown that several of these sub-sections, including the oldest native vocabulary, the Sino-Japanese, as well as more recent loanwords, obey a consistent regularity. This paper considers a further sub-section, the expressive mimetic vocabulary. A database was constructed in order to get a better understanding of the phonological constraints on mimetics. Using this database it can be shown that a restriction on non-geminate p which is active in the general phonology of Japanese and that on its face seems completely disregarded by the mimetic component, nevertheless has a significant effect.

• 2010-03-21

著者

• Spaelti Philip

  神戸松蔭女子学院大学

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