Morpheme-Based Rendaku as a Rhythmic Stabilizer in Eastern Old Japanese Poetry
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| Title | Morpheme-Based Rendaku as a Rhythmic Stabilizer in Eastern Old Japanese Poetry |
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| Abstract | This paper explores the functions of morpheme-based rendaku, or “sequential voicing”, in Eastern Old Japanese poetry, with a focus on its function of maintaining rhythmic stability in poetic verse. It is argued that this function is implemented to avoid a hypermetrical line when no adjacent vowels exist as candidates for synchronic elision. Furthermore, a comparison with synchronic vowel elision is conducted. Based on the results, it is argued that morpheme-based rendaku is preferred to synchronic vowel elision when both are available options for maintaining the rhythmic stability of a line. Linguistic constraints blocking morpheme-based rendaku are also discussed to explain hypermetrical examples with potential, yet unrealized, morpheme-based rendaku.-----Raziskava se osredotoča na funkcijo t.i. “sequential voicing” ali zvenečnjenja na nivoju morfemov v stari vzhodno-japonski poeziji, in sicer daje poudarek funkciji, ki ohranja ritmično stabilnost verza. Avtor pokaže, da se v primeru, ko ni okoliških samoglasnikov, ki bi sodelovali pri sinhronem izpadu samoglasnikov, z uporabo te funkcije izognemo hipermetrični vrstici. Vzporedno avtor primerja zvenečnjenje in sinhroni izpad samoglasnikov in ugotovi, da je v primeru, ko sta za ohranjanje ritmične stabilnosti možni obe vrsti posredovanja, zvenečnjenje bolj željena izbira. Nazadnje so analizirane lingvistične omejitve, ki preprečujejo uporabo zvenečnjenja, in s tem tudi hipermetrični primeri s hipotetičnim obstojem zvenečnjenja. |
| Publisher | Faculty of Arts |
| Date | 2012-05-22 |
| Source | Acta Linguistica Asiatica Vol 2, No 1 (2012) |
| Rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) |