@article{oai:ir.soken.ac.jp:02000122,
 author = {ELMER Patrick},
 issue = {20},
 journal = {総研大文化科学研究, SOKENDAI Review of Cultural and Social Studies},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {In this study, the phonemic status of the close central vowel [ɨ] in the Nakachi dialect of the Southern Ryukyuan language of Irabu is examined. This study focuses on quantitative phonological analysis to clarify the distribution of [ɨ] and phonetically similar sounds in relation to the preceding and following phonetic environments and the position in the word. The distribution of the relevant sounds [i], [ɨ], [s̞ ], and [ɹ] are examined using a large set of data from a dictionary (Tomihama 2013). This study demonstrates how distributional analysis can be conducted computationally. The results confirm the general distribution of sounds in the Nakachi dialect, as shown by Tomihama (2013), and provide objective evidence that the close central vowel [ɨ] is an allophone of /i/.},
 pages = {129(146)--148(127)},
 title = {A Quantitative Analysis of the Close Central Vowel [ɨ] in the Nakachi Dialect of Irabu Ryukyuan Determining its Phonemic Status based on its Distribution},
 year = {2024}
}