J ,THE AND PHONOLOGY OF TONE AND INTONATION IN JAPANESE by WiUiam Jobn Poser A.B. Harvard College (1079) SUBMITTED TO THE DEP OF LINGUISTICS Al'.TDPHILOSOPHY IN P ."-RTIAL OF THE REQUmE?vfENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY at the lNSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 21 November, 1984 © V.!illiam J. Poser 198-1 Tbe autbor herebygr3nts to M.LT. permission to reproduce a.nd to distribute or this thesis document. in \vboleor in part. Sigu:lture or ;\uthor ..-_--- __ ... Department or Linguistics 3.nd Philcsopby, November tgS4 Certified by __ __ / Thesis l\ccepled by " _.3 <>Samuel Jay Keyser ,.\ DepartmentnJ Graduate Committee Vl'I·1- FEB 28 19R4