Colloquial forms in Tokyo Japanese

This thesis discusses the interaction of prosodic constituency with segmental and tonal analyses. This is done through the examination of two phonological reduction processes, Nasal Spreading and Vowel Deletion, in colloquial Tokyo Japanese. This thesis consists of two chapters. Chapter I analyz...

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Main Author: Katsura, Yasuko
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5562