pitch accent leveling; loss of pitch accent
Linguistic term referring to the phenomenon where a word that normally has a pitch accent is pronounced without it, often in certain dialects or casual speech. Related to 平板型 (heiban-gata), the unaccented pattern.
See also: 平板型
There is research suggesting that pitch accent leveling of words is progressing among young people.
In this dialect, pitch accent leveling is observed in many words.