Following a recent post I made and a renewed interest in pitch accent (just a temporary fascination of mine, I'm not saying I will learn it perfectly), I noticed something weird and I was wondering if there's something wrong with my ear.
Basically, I understand the principles of these words, so I won't explain it again here, but for some reason I hear the words differently depending on the context.
When they're in isolation, I have no surprises:
やま↑ ふゆ↑
But when there's a particle, instead of the expected やま↓が I almost always hear や↓まが unless it's being pronounced very slow.
Is it just me? Or is there something happening that I didn't quite get?
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