Rendaku (Japanese sequential voicing) as rule application

Kobayashi, Yuki; Sugioka, Yoko; Ito, Takaharu

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“…For example, it interacts with a phonological restriction such as OCP (labial), a constraint that prohibits two labial constraints in proximity, as well as with OCP (voice) (i.e., Lyman's Law), which prohibits two voiced obstruents within the same morpheme. See also Kobayashi, Sugioka, and Ito (2014) for evidence based on ERP patterns that Rendaku is a ruledgoverned process.…”

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Lyman’s Law can count only up to two

Kawahara

Kumagai

2023

Laboratory Phonology

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One long-standing question that is recurrently addressed in contemporary phonological studies is whether phonological systems can count beyond three. The traditional view is that phonological systems can count only up to two but not more (e.g., Ito & Mester, 2003; McCarthy & Prince, 1986); some scholars, however, recently argue that phonological system should actually be able to count beyond three (e.g., Paster, 2019; Kim, 2022). The current experiments address this general question regarding counting by studying Rendaku and Lyman’s Law in Japanese. Rendaku is a morphophonological process in which the morpheme-initial voiceless obstruent of a second member of a compound becomes voiced. The application of Rendaku is significantly reduced if the second member already contains a voiced obstruent, a generalization that is known as Lyman’s Law. Experiment 1 compared the applicability of Rendaku in nonce words which contain one voiced obstruent (e.g., [taguta]) and those which contain two voiced obstruents (e.g., [tegebi]). If Lyman’s Law counts beyond three, Rendaku application is predicted to be more substantially reduced in the latter condition, as Rendaku would create morphemes which contains three voiced obstruents (i.e., [degebi]). The results show, however, that no meaningful differences were observed between the two conditions. Experiment 2 tested the recent claim that two nasal consonants may reduce the applicability of Rendaku (Kim, 2020; Kumagai, 2017), which, if true, suggests that Lyman’s Law disfavors a configuration in which a voiced obstruent is followed by two nasals. The experimental results show that the evidence for the blockage of Rendaku by two nasals is weak at best if present at all. Overall, we conclude that there is no strong evidence that Lyman’s Law counts (Ito & Mester, 2003).

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Lyman’s Law can count only up to two

Kawahara

Kumagai

2023

Laboratory Phonology

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“…Compounding is an extremely productive process, and such variability suggests a complex relationship between word formation, the architecture of the lexicon, and phonetic outputs ( Bürki, 2018 ). In this sense, carrying out psycholinguistic (e.g., Pollatsek & Hyönä, 2005 ; Zwitserlood, 1994 ) and neuroscientific research (e.g., Kobayashi et al, 2014 ) on compound tensification can shed light in examining the relationship between cognitive process and speech production, but the basis for such investigation is lacking.…”

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Exploring Variability in Compound Tensification in Seoul Korean

Jeon

2022

Lang Speech

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In Korean noun-noun compounds, the lenis onset consonant in the second noun is often realized as a tense consonant. Although extensive work has been carried out to clarify its causes and relevant phonological processes, this tensification is deemed not entirely predictable. This paper presents a speech production experiment that confirms the existing findings that the variability in tensification is predictable to a certain extent. The experimental results also showed that the relationship between the predictors and the variability is not linear and that tensification mirrors the cognitively determined boundary strength. Native Korean speakers calibrate the boundary strength by incorporating complex information, such as the word’s length, segment type, frequency, and plausibility of the compound. While a “tight” boundary led to high tensification probability, it was not affected by speaking-rate variation. Furthermore, the perceived compound’s plausibility directly affected the duration of the tensified consonant. Importantly, the findings suggest that speakers’ calibration of the boundary strength is fluid and changeable over time and it affects both phonological and phonetic outputs. Finally, variability in data was reduced for the experimental conditions leading to either extremely high or low tensification probability, and there seemed to be lexicalized exceptions to the general trends.

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The δ-Opioid Receptor and Stabilization of Brain Ionic Homeostasis in Hypoxia/Ischemia

Chao¹,

Xia²

2015

Neural Functions of the Delta-Opioid Receptor

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Rendaku (Japanese sequential voicing) as rule application

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Lyman’s Law can count only up to two

Lyman’s Law can count only up to two

Exploring Variability in Compound Tensification in Seoul Korean

The δ-Opioid Receptor and Stabilization of Brain Ionic Homeostasis in Hypoxia/Ischemia

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