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吾輩は猫である。名前はまだ無い。


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revised “Mari” or “wari” ? Is this a consonant sound that changes with inflection?
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answered Why is「ん」the only kana without a vowel?
Jul
21
comment Is there a difference between these words for “hero”?
@AndrewGrimm This jpop singer youtube.com/watch?v=Tuv033I0wRI says [ヒーローイン] which by the video seems to be in reference to a female.
Jul
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21
answered “Mari” or “wari” ? Is this a consonant sound that changes with inflection?
Jul
19
comment Actual phonetic realization of “devoiced” vowels
A (C)V sequence where V is devoiced does not loose its mora status in speech timing. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11303928
Jul
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revised Linguistics and Japanese study
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revised Linguistics and Japanese study
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Jul
19
comment Best Japanese language learning system?
careful, phonics is something very easy to get hooked on.
Jul
18
comment Linguistics and Japanese study
@JamieTaylor If you program, you might be interested 入門 自然言語処理 O'rielly, if you don't know about it already. I bought the PDF for $30US and I'm on chapter 2. oreilly.co.jp/books/9784873114705 This is the Japanese version of the original English text.
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revised Linguistics and Japanese study
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answered Linguistics and Japanese study
Jul
17
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Jul
17
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Jul
17
comment Utterance initial [ɾ]
@BillyNair okay I'll write an explanation, but it will take a bit of time
Jul
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Jul
16
comment Actual phonetic realization of “devoiced” vowels
You could always take this program fon.hum.uva.nl/praat, record Japanese speakers and generate data and analysis yourself. Interpreting the analysis and the actual testing of hypotheses would be the difficult part.
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Jul
16
answered Actual phonetic realization of “devoiced” vowels