Loanword accentuation in Yanbian Korean: a weighted-constraints analysis.

This paper analyzes the factors that determine the assignment of accent to Western (primarily English) and Japanese loanwords in the Yanbian dialect of Korean. The study is based on a corpus of 1,737 words. The major findings are as follows. In Yanbian loanwords, the accent is basically located in a...

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Published in:	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 537 - 593
Main Author:	Ito, Chiyuki
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature May2014
Subjects:	Stress (Linguistics) Loanwords Syllable (Grammar) Quantitative research Vocabulary
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