Is pitch accent necessary for comprehension by native Japanese speakers? [https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2013.08.001](https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2013.08.001) (short answer: No)
Bonus article: Pitch-Accent in Tokyo Japanese [https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/489606](https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/489606)
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They should have used my wife for the study and set the criteria at what the native speaker finds annoying