If a word's pitch accent contour ends in a high pitch, how do lexicographic resources usually indicate it if the word's part of speech doesn't allow for a contrast between word-final H(-H) (unaccented, 平板heiban) and H(-L) (nucleus on last syllable, 尾高odaka)?
For a hypothetical word [あかさ]{LHH}, which of the following two pitch accent contours would a dictionary, pitch accent manual, or learning resource normally indicate?
- あかさ￣ (notation for あかさ without downstep)
- あかさ＼ (notation for あかさꜜ)
Another way of putting this is: If there is no syntactic test available for a particular word (or word class, such as an entire part of speech) that could distinguish 平板heiban and 尾高odaka, what is the lexicographic convention for such cases?
- always 平板heiban
- always 尾高odaka
- publisher-dependent
The reason for asking is to ease the load on memorization: If one knows that a particular word class doesn't make a distinction, one needs to expend fewer mental resources on trying to memorize the distinction.
