Index
A
- assimilation43–45, 48–49, 64, 96,
117–118
- atonic (lack of accent)13, 24, 37,
61, 79, 81, 86, 96–97
B
- back of JapanSee ura Nihon
C
- centralization (of vowels)105
- Chūrin (Tōkyō dialect subtype)2, 10–11, 22–23, 37, 48, 50, 53,
61, 66–68, 79, 81, 86,
96–97, 104,
108, 112, 118–119
- concentric ring model8, 10–12
D
- dialects, classiciation of4–12
E
- even tone
- in Late Middle Chinese27–30, 33–37, 43
- in Japanese13, 32; see also light even tone
F
- front of JapanSee omote Nihon
G
- Gairin (Tōkyō dialect subtype)2, 22–24, 66–68, 108, 111–113, 115–118
- special properties of49–50
- going tone (Late Middle Chinese)27, 29–31, 33–36, 109
/
- /H/ tone reduction40, 49, 112–115
- Hattori Shirō6–7, 11,
27, 38
- high vowel, centralization of105
I
- innovation2, 6, 8, 10–11, 81,
103, 111, 117–119
- responsible for Gairin dialects50
- responsible for split of Gairin A and Gairin B68, 105–107, 113
- common to Izumo and Tōhoku104
- Izumo (region)2, 8, 10,
104–114, 117–118
K
- Kagoshima (dialect group)1–3, 23–26, 33, 35–37, 50, 114–115, 118; see also Kyūshū
- Kindaichi Haruhiko1, 9–11, 21–22, 27, 29–33, 35, 37, 43, 106,
117
- Konkōmyō saishōō-kyō ongi35
- Koshi (region)106–109, 111,
113, 117
- Kyōto (dialect group)1–2, 6–8, 10–11, 83–85
- differences from Middle Japanese16–17, 27–28, 31, 33, 37
- modern25–26, 39–41, 44–48
- relative to proto-Japanese50–53, 67–68
- Kyūshū (island)2, 4, 9–10, 14, 20,
23–24, 32,
48–49, 50,
68, 103–118
L
- leftward tone shift35, 39, 41,
46–47, 81
- lengthening, of vowels42–43, 48,
118–119
- light even tone (in Middle Chinese)27, 30, 33–36, 43
- lowering, of initial /u/105
M
- mergers
- of tone classes2, 10, 12,
23, 33–34, 39, 42–50, 81, 86, 104–105, 108, 117–119
- Middle Japanese16–17, 27–30, 35–38, 40–41, 52–66
- modern standard Japanase1
- musical notation27–28, 30–32,
N
- Nairin (Tōkyō dialect subtype)2, 10–11, 22–23, 35–37, 48, 50, 53,
68, 97, 104, 118–119
- monosyllabic nouns in42–43
- Nihon shoki (Nihongi)4, 35, 45
- Noto (peninsula and island)11, 19, 21–22, 28, 41,
67, 104, 106–107, 111, 113, 117
- Nozaki dialect21–22, 42–44
O
- oxytonic accent20, 37, 61
P
- palatalization4, 105, 107
- particles13, 20–22, 25, 30, 32,
34–37, 41–46, 48, 55,
60, 68, 96, 108, 117–119
- proto-Japanese2, 11, 16,
27, 32, 39, 51–53, 104, 117
R
- raising (of mid vowels)105
- Ramsey, S. Robert27–30, 47
- register (phonological)17, 26
- rising tone
- in Late Middle Chinese27–31, 34, 36–37, 58, 109
- Ruiju myōgishō14, 28–29, 35
- Ryūkyū (dialect group and islands)1–3, 23,
26, 32, 48, 106, 108,
115
S
- Shingon (Buddhism)14, 27–28
T
- Tōhoku (region)8, 10, 20,
68, 86, 97, 103–107, 111–118
- tone dot notation28, 30–32, 24
- tone systems16, 18–26, 16
W
- Wada Minoru51–53, 68,
96–97, 103,
106
- word melody23–25, 115–116
Y
- Yamato (region)4, 106, 111
- Yayoi (archaeological period)106–107, 111–112, 117