Pitch Accent for Single-Mora Words


In words with more than one mora, there are three types of endings in the
standard Tokyo dialect:

  1. ...H(H)
  2. ...H(L)
  3. ...L(L)

where H/L mean High-Low pitch, and the parentheses apply to any attached
particle.

For a word with only one mora, like 戸 or 歯, what are the possible patterns for
the attached particle? Are any of the following four patterns impossible?

  1. H(H)
  2. H(L)
  3. L(H)
  4. L(L)




There is always a change in pitch after the first mora in the standard Tokyo
dialect. So the only patterns that work in that dialect are

  * [歯が]{HL} H(L)
  * [名が]{LH} L(H)

Regarding other dialects (like Kansai-ben), I know next to nothing.




There is always a change in pitch after the first mora in the standard Tokyo
dialect. So the only patterns that work in that dialect are

  * [歯が]{HL} H(L)
  * [名が]{LH} L(H)

Regarding other dialects (like Kansai-ben), I know next to nothing.

