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This book provides the fullest account of Japanese phonology ever
published. At the same time it makes original contributions both to
current understanding of the Japanese sound system and to
contemporary phonological theory more generally. After a
consideration of the history of linguistic variation in Japanese,
the book focuses on modern standard Japanese and its major
dialectical variations. Professor Labrune presents a critical
overview of current Japanese phonology and new analyses of the
central features of Japanese phonology, including segment
inventory, the phonology of voicing, the nature of moraic segments,
the mora, the syllable, the foot and the upper prosodic units, and
accent. Drawing on her own extensive research and on published work
in and outside Japan Professor Labrune presents a synthesis of work
within and outside Japan. In doing so she shows the great value as
well as some of the limitations of approaches derived from Japanese
traditional linguistics and philology, work which has largely been
ignored outside the country. Her balanced, clear presentation will
appeal to phonologists and their advanced students throughout the
world.
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