Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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- 〜さん -- suffix (honorific)
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- 〜は -- particle (topic)
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- 日本人ですか
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- - 日本人 -- core meaning word (Japanese)
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+ - 日本人 -- core meaning word (Japanese)[^nihon-jin]
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- 〜です -- copula (to be)
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- 〜か -- particle (question)
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> ~~~{やま\ぐち}　~{さ\ん}　~{は\}　~{にほんじ\ん}　~{で\す}　~{か\}~~
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+[^nihon-jin]:
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+ Technically, this could be further split into 日本 and 〜人. I didn't do it here for 2 main reasons:
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+ 1. Affixes change pitch patterns more significantly than regular postpositions (they usually force a certain pattern).
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+ 2. 日本人 is an exception to the 〜人 accent rule anyway.
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[^question-ka]:
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Indicating a question by raising pitch at the end of a sentence is not a part of pitch accent analysis, and therefore will be omitted in examples.
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