A Note on the Loanword Tonology of Kyungsang Korean Dialects

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2、rtant"work"to"a"new"generation"of"researchersB"This"is"timely"because"the"nature"of"the"tonal"systems"of"various"modern"3orean"dialects,"particularly"the"3yungsang"dialects,"has"become"the"focus"of"much"recent"research,"both"in"terms"of"their"phonetics"and"their"DmorphoHphonologyB"One"of"the

3、"issues"that"is"still"debated"is"whether"South"3yungsang"3orean"is"a"tone"language"or"a"pitchLaccent"languageB"Two"of"the"most"recent"dissertations"on"this"dialect"take"opposing"views:"Chang"D2007H"argues"for"its"tonal"nature,"largely"based"on"phonetic"evidence,"maintaining"that"it"has"a"thr

4、eeLway"tonal"contrastB"On"the"other"hand,"Dongmyung"Lee"D2009H"argues"from"a"combination"of"evidence"that"South"3yungsang"3orean"is"a"pitchLaccent"system"with"an"initial"tone"registerB"Already"in"Professor"Sang"Oak"LeePs"dissertation"DChapter"3H,"there"is"an"excellent"discussion"on"the"suppo

5、sed"dichotomy"of"pitchLaccent"languages"vsB"tone"languages"and"he"maintains"like"McCawley"D1970H"and"somewhat"similar"to"Hyman"D2006H"that"there"is"a"continuum"of"how"deeply"tonal"a"language"is"rather"than"there"being"a"strict"dichotomy"between"tone"and"pitchLaccentB"As"Professor"Lee"argues"

6、in"his"dissertation"for"Middle"3orean,"a"single"language"can"display"characteristics"of"both"pitchLaccent"and"tone"in"its"prosodic"systemB"He"also"suggested"that"the"modern"dialects"reflect"a"pitchLaccent"system"rather"than"a"deeply"tonal"systemB"However,"I"suspect"the"debate"about"the"moder

7、n"dialects"will"continue"in"the"foreseeable"future,"A"Note"on"the"Loanword"Tonology"of"3yungsang"3orean"Dialects""1though"I"view"the"debate"as"largely"being"a"phonological"debate"over"how"phonetic"facts"about"pitch"in"the"different"dialects"Despeci