Downward tone within a mora due to intonation in casual speech


I feel like this intonation pattern is common, so I figured I better get it
figured out.

I believe this is related [Pitch accent in combination with the を
particle](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/60249/pitch-accent-in-
combination-with-the-%E3%82%92-particle/93159#93159), which is about when
accents get blurred, like this I believe <https://vocaroo.com/1owm8mvuT0AX>
「じゃあ、左のコインを`とって`」

But in <https://vocaroo.com/13Fy2BfTB7dw>, when he says 毎回 (which is
unaccented), it sounds like a different intonation pattern. It should be
「まいかい{LHHH}」 in terms of pitch accent. I sense it sounds like 「まいかい{LHH}」,
where the last い carries some intonation.

Or could it just be confusion with the vowel in that last mora being
lengthened? Or just loudness going down and I'm confusing it?




Yes, this is a common type of intonation, which you could notate as
[まいかいぃ]{HHHHL} if you wanted.

Basically there is a downward tone within the last mora, い, (which is
definitely not pitch accent because pitch accents are at the mora-level, not
sub-mora level), and it is a type of intonation used in casual speech to
indicate that something is following the clause but the speaker is thinking
about it or otherwise putting in a pause or stretching the word for some
reason. It's very closely related with 語尾上げ and often co-occurs with it
(because you need to raise a bit to do the downward tone in the last mora).




Yes, this is a common type of intonation, which you could notate as
[まいかいぃ]{HHHHL} if you wanted.

Basically there is a downward tone within the last mora, い, (which is
definitely not pitch accent because pitch accents are at the mora-level, not
sub-mora level), and it is a type of intonation used in casual speech to
indicate that something is following the clause but the speaker is thinking
about it or otherwise putting in a pause or stretching the word for some
reason. It's very closely related with 語尾上げ and often co-occurs with it
(because you need to raise a bit to do the downward tone in the last mora).

