Can the か particle change the pitch accent of verbs?

Asked Sep 12 '22 at 20:34

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Consider the Heiban verb やる. According to a video on Japanese verb pitch accent rules, Heiban verbs with no downsteps remain Heiban when conjugated to their negative form. Prosody confirms this rule with やらない:

But if I add a か particle after it, it completely changes the pitch pattern detected:

Is this a mistake with Prosody, or can clause ending particles like か (and others like ね, な, の, etc) affect the pitch of the verbs before them?

asked Sep 12 '22 at 20:34

George

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I have noticed that too but I wonder if that's intonation as opposed to pitch – Eddie Kal Sep 12 '22 at 21:02
I think it's the same with よ, and the accent falls on な instead of い because the accent doesn't like to be at the end of a diphthong. I'm not sure though. – Kaskade Sep 12 '22 at 21:18
Kaskade: How would the accent fall on the end of the diphthong if it were heiban (e.g. yaRANAIYO)? – George Sep 12 '22 at 21:33
@Kaskade - ない doesn’t form a diphthong but is pronounced in two moras, and the accent does fall on い. – aguijonazo Sep 13 '22 at 12:06
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Related: In what cases do 平板 verbs change their pitch? – Darius Jahandarie Sep 14 '22 at 01:19

Can the か particle change the pitch accent of verbs?

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