ありがとう pronounced with heibangata pitch pattern?


I've always heard a lot of Japanese people pronounce ありがとう as ありがとう{LHHHH},
but I've never actually seen anyone talk about it on the Internet.

People always say ありがとう should be pronounced ありがとう{LHLLLL} in standard speech,
which obviously I hear a lot, but I also hear a lot of speakers of Standard
Japanese pronounce it as an unaccented word, so I definitely think it's not
dialectal. (I even hear ありがとう{LHHLL} a lot of the time).

Is it pronounced unaccented because it's a shortening of the phrase
ありがとうございます{LHHHHHHHHLL}?

As far as I'm concerned, the phrase can be pronounced two ways: with the
downstep on ま, or with a downstep on り and then on ま (ありがとうございます{LHLLLLHHHL}).




I think it depends on the situation. For example, if you are a young woman,
and your boyfriend just gave you a ring, you'll probably say something similar
to ありがとう{LHHHH}！ rather than ありがとう{LHLLL} because it doesn't quite fit with
the expected enthusiasm and femininity.

"Neutral" pitch is indeed ありがとう{LHLLL} IMO in 標準語. In Kansai it is
ありがとう{LLLHL}.




I think it depends on the situation. For example, if you are a young woman,
and your boyfriend just gave you a ring, you'll probably say something similar
to ありがとう{LHHHH}！ rather than ありがとう{LHLLL} because it doesn't quite fit with
the expected enthusiasm and femininity.

"Neutral" pitch is indeed ありがとう{LHLLL} IMO in 標準語. In Kansai it is
ありがとう{LLLHL}.

