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Rendaku

Rendaku (連濁; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Japanese pronunciation: , lit. 'sequential voicing') is a pronunciation change seen in the middle of some compound words in Japanese. It replaces…

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Rendaku in Tohoku dialects

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Rendaku

Nodes93
Edges92
Triples317
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021505
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related to Bibliography · 196
Rendaku → Aoyama Journal, April, Archived, Armin, August, Berkeley Linguistics Society, Berlin, Bion, Bjarke, California, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Can, Capturing, Center, Charles, Consonant Cooccurrence Restrictions, Dakushiin, De Gruyter, Dexter
related to Further reading · 19
Rendaku → Archived, Exceptions, Irwin, ISBN, Japanese, John Benjamins, Language Companion Series, Lyman's Law, Mark, NINJAL Rendaku Project, Papers, PDF, S2CID, Sequential Voicing, Studies, Suzuki Yutaka, Timothy, Vance, Vol
related to Rendaku in Tohoku dialects · 10
Rendaku → However, In, It, Iwate Prefecture, Japanese, Kahoku, On, There, Thus, Tōhoku
related to Further considerations · 8
Rendaku → For, In, Most Japanese, Muromachi Street, Muromachi-dōri, Nakada, Nakata, Some
related to Theoretical analysis · 8
Rendaku → In, It, Later, Leben, Lyman's, OCP, This, Thus
related to Historical origin · 7
Rendaku → By, For, If, Japanese, Old Japanese, The, This
related to Lyman's law · 7
Rendaku → For, Japanese, Lyman's, Therefore, These, Yamagado, Yamakado
related to Pronunciation · 7
Rendaku → Depending, English, For, Hepburn, In, Japanese, The
related to Source language of the second element · 7
Rendaku → Another, English, Japanese, Native Japanese, On, One, Sino-Japanese
related to Branching compounds · 6
Rendaku → For, However, In, Lyman's, Otsu, The

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japanese compound element second voiced consonant compounds voicing obstruent law sino-japanese phoneme words lyman's word one isbn voiceless morpheme first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Rendakuis aetymological source or lexical stratum of the second element of the compound0.90text
Rendakuis agreater potential for it to cause homophony in this context0.90text
nadoriinstance ofThis is shown by the use of forms0.80text
sodeinstance ofas demonstrated by examples0.80text
tsunoinstance ofThis is indicated by the lack of rendaku in examples0.80text
rojiinstance ofthe use of the voiced pronunciation in compounds0.80text
東国 tōgokuinstance ofThe relevant context is forms0.80text
the followinginstance ofThe branching constraint is intended to explain the contrasting behavior of examples0.80text
hatsu kao awase is analyzed as a consequence of kao coming at the start of a prosodic wordinstance ofthe lack of rendaku in right-branching compounds0.80text
musibamu 'to corrupt'.No comparable effect is seen with other consonant sounds that undergo rendakuinstance ofwhich undergo rendaku even in cases0.80text
since they retain the same place of articulation after the changeinstance ofwhich undergo rendaku even in cases0.80text
Rendakuhas effectFor0.60section

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