\n- an expensive drinking venue catered to corporate executives
\n<\/td>
While Table 2 shows vocabularies that young people simply changed the traditional accents without altering or adding meanings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
(Table 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
| Vocabulary<\/th> | Original Accents<\/th> | New Accents<\/th> | Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| \u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7(shoppu)<\/td> | \u30b7\u30e7\uff3c\u30c3\u30d7<\/td> | \u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\u00af<\/td> | shop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \u30e2\u30c7\u30eb(moderu)<\/td> | \u30e2\uff3c\u30c7\u30eb<\/td> | \u30e2\u30c7\u30eb\u00af<\/td> | model<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \u30b0\u30fc\u30b0\u30eb(guuguru)<\/td> | \u30b0\uff3c\u30fc\u30b0\u30eb<\/td> | \u30b0\u30fc\u30b0\u30eb\u00af<\/td> | google<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \u5f7c\u6c0f(kareshi)<\/td> | \u304b\uff3c\u308c\u3057<\/td> | \u304b\u308c\u3057\u00af<\/td> | boyfriend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \u56f3\u66f8\u9928(toshokan)<\/td> | \u3068\u3057\u3087\uff3c\u304b\u3093<\/td> | \u3068\u3057\u3087\u304b\u3093\u00af<\/td> | library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n \n NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, a research arm established by NHK (Japanese public broadcaster,) added acceptable accents of 3300 words in 2016 based on \u201cappropriateness\u201d in broadcasting instead of correct\/incorrect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n Not surprisingly, the flattening accents are more prevailed and accepted among young people.\u00a0 As a former sociolinguistics student, I have no problem accepting changes in language especially the changes that involve more than accents as in Table 1.\u00a0 However, some changes in accents are hard even to say!\u00a0\u30ec\uff3c\u30bf\u30b9<\/span>(lettus\u00a0 retasu) is\u30ec\u30bf\u30b9<\/span>\u00af and\u00a0\u30e1\uff3c\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc<\/span> (menu) can be \u30e1\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc<\/span>\u00af.\u00a0 As a Tokyoite for generations, they sound like regional dialects<\/u> (\u65b9\u8a00<\/span>\u00a0 hougen)!<\/p>\n Another aspect is that a group of people who shares a profession or interest chooses to use terminology with flattened accents.\u00a0 It is called Professional Accents<\/u> (\u5c02\u9580\u5bb6\u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30f3\u30c8senmonka akusento).\u00a0 For instance, musicians may say \u30c9\u30e9\u30e0\u00af\u00a0 (drum, \u3000doramu) instead of \u00a0\u30c9\uff3c\u30e9\u30e0\u3001and \u30ae\u30bf\u30fc\u00af instead of \u30ae\uff3c\u30bf\u30fc (guitar,\u00a0 gita-).\u00a0 This is like how teenagers identify themselves as a group by using a word and expression that they develop.<\/p>\n Lastly, we are in the Reiwa<\/u> 3 (\u4ee4\u548c Reiwa).\u00a0 There was a discussion where the accent was in Reiwa.\u00a0 Is it \u308c\uff3c\u3044\u308f or \u308c\u3044\u308f\u00af\uff1fEvery broadcasting company was debating how to announce it.\u00a0 According to the Japanese government, only kanji and reading of the era are fixed, and accent and intonation are free to interpret.<\/p>\n The bottom is the flattening accent. \u00a0“\u308f” in \u308c\u3044\u308f has a slightly stress.<\/p>\n frog I understand that there are many who disapprove of the trend, but the language is alive and changing all the time.\u00a0 This trend may continue and spread to more words, or this trend may end and reverse its course.\u00a0 Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been always interested in teenage vernacular (\u7279\u6709\u306e\u8a00\u8449 tokuyu no kotoba).\u00a0 My senior thesis was on the teenage vernacular in Southern California.\u00a0 Teenagers are experts (\u5c02\u9580\u5bb6senmonka) in creating new words as they are not bound by rules.\u00a0 They are creative in any language. Some new words are born and die, while others gain status…<\/p>\n |
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