Rise in pitch right before quotative って?


On the last mora of reported speech, right before って, I sometimes hear a high
pitch (or maybe stress) where I would normally not expect one. If there is a
ない in front of the って, for example, I often perceive the い to be really high
in tone and somehow stressed. I'm not too good at distinguishing and noticing
pitch, however, so I might just be imagining things, which is why I decided to
ask.

Edit: It's been two weeks since I originally posted the question, but in a
Youtube video, I found a really good example of what I meant:
<https://youtu.be/gR5KVIP7PKk?t=21m18s>

It's where the lady says 「もしかしたらこの人ともう二度と会えないかもしれないっていう気持ちでいつも接しているんです。」 and
the high い in front of って can be heard really well.




I think you're onto something here and I'm not completely sure how to best
analyze it, but this might be a first start.

The _usual_ って in reported speech has no effect on the pitch.

However, there is a _colloquial_ use of って which indeed raises the pitch of
the last mora before it:

  * 食べるって【LHLLL】 _normal pitch accent_
  * 食べるって【LHHLL】 _colloquial pitch accent_

The former is just reporting a piece of information, the latter
(colloquial/slangy version) adds the nuance that something is "completely
obvious/clear", with an implication like "I keep telling you that...", "As you
should know perfectly well...", etc.

I guess this colloquial version is almost exclusively used by young people
(and probably goes hand in hand with other slangy, "young" non-standard pitch
accents).




I think you're onto something here and I'm not completely sure how to best
analyze it, but this might be a first start.

The _usual_ って in reported speech has no effect on the pitch.

However, there is a _colloquial_ use of って which indeed raises the pitch of
the last mora before it:

  * 食べるって【LHLLL】 _normal pitch accent_
  * 食べるって【LHHLL】 _colloquial pitch accent_

The former is just reporting a piece of information, the latter
(colloquial/slangy version) adds the nuance that something is "completely
obvious/clear", with an implication like "I keep telling you that...", "As you
should know perfectly well...", etc.

I guess this colloquial version is almost exclusively used by young people
(and probably goes hand in hand with other slangy, "young" non-standard pitch
accents).

