Phonetics and Phonology of Moras, Feet and Geminate Consonants in Japanese |
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| Author:
| Otaka, Hiromi |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7618-4411-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $73.99 |
Book Description:
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This book is an account of the temporal organization of Japanese phonology, especially the phonetic and phonological nature of moras, feet, and geminate consonants in Japanese. Topics included are pre-nasal shortening, Japanese perception of rhymes, the occurrence of geminate consonants in Japanese compounds and English loanwords, sequential voicing, and the bilabialization of /h/ in counting words.
This book is an account of the temporal organization of Japanese phonology, especially the phonetic and phonological nature of moras, feet, and geminate consonants in Japanese. Topics included are pre-nasal shortening, Japanese perception of rhymes, the occurrence of geminate consonants in Japanese compounds and English loanwords, sequential voicing, and the bilabialization of /h/ in counting words.