Does “shimo-nidanka” in Upper Bigrade Verbs in Modern Kyushu Dialects Support the Proto-Kyushu-Ryukyuan Hypothesis?

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  • 現代九州諸方言における旧上二段動詞の「下二段化」は九州・琉球祖語仮説を支持するか？

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<p>In modern Kyushu dialects, so-called “shimo-nidanka” (a change to lower bigrade conjugation) is observed, in which the final vowel of irrealis/conjunctive (mizen/ren’yō) stems of former upper bigrade (kami-nidan) verbs takes /e/ and accordingly merge with former lower bigrade (shimo-nidan) verbs. According to the proto-Kyushu-Ryukyuan hypothesis, this trait is the result of sound changes experienced by both Kyushu dialects and Ryukyuan, and these shared sound changes define the monophyletic group consisting of the aforementioned. However, there is still a possibility that “shimo-nidanka” is a result of analogical changes rather than sound changes. This study examines the validity of the proto-Kyushu-Ryukyuan hypothesis by analyzing the former upper bigrade verbs in modern Kyushu dialects from the perspective of their phylogenetic position. There is evidence to support this hypothesis in the dialects of central Miyazaki Prefecture. This study also argues that other modern Kyushu dialects can also be seen as descendants of the proto-Kyushu-Ryukyuan.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390295049398063104
  • DOI
    10.11435/gengo.163.0_1
  • ISSN
    21856710
    00243914
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • KAKEN
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