A comprehensive analysis of the phonetic characteristics of English as a lingua franca
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16K02776
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Aichi University (2018)
Bunkyo Gakuin University (2016-2017) |
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Principal Investigator |
Gilner Leah 愛知大学, 法学部, 教授 (20558803)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Keywords | functional load / vowel systems / world English varieties / English phonology / descriptive phonology / usage-based theory / world Englishes / Lingua franca / World Englishes / Phonology / Frequent vocabulary / ELF / intelligibility |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research accomplished the following:
1. The dominant vocabularies (DOVO) in English was established by means of analysis of 11 spoken English corpora (8 World English varieties and 3 English as a lingua franca corpora) were identified. A range of variance in size and coverage of DOVOs was established by this data; 2. A series of functional load (FL) analyses were conducted on the transcribed forms of the DOVOs and FL rankings were produced for vowel systems of Canadian English, East African English, Hong Kong English, Jamaican English, Indian English, Irish English, Philippine English, and Singapore English; 3. Analyses indicate markedly uneven distributions among the sounds in the systems. Each system displayed idiosyncratic organizational tendencies. At the same time, certain trends were shared across systems such as relatively greater reliance on anterior-based articulations, generally in the upper quadrant of the vowel space.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The data obtained from these analyses are of potential interest to researchers in various domains. This data adds a usage dimension to available descriptions of the English language. The data could also be used to further inquiry in issue related to speech processing and pedagogical models.
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Research Products
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