平へい板ばん化か

noun

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

• 若わか者ものの間あいだで、単たん語ごの平へい板ばん化かが進すすんでいるという研けん究きゅうがある。

  There is research suggesting that pitch accent leveling of words is progressing among young people.

• この方ほう言げんでは、多おおくの語ごに平へい板ばん化かが見みられる。

  In this dialect, pitch accent leveling is observed in many words.