Stress Patterns of English Suffixes : Theory and Description of their Gradient Distribution

• Project/Area Number: 18720131
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: HIDEKI Zamma Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, 外国語学部, 准教授 (20316029)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
• Keywords: 英語 / 接尾辞 / 強勢 / クラス性 / 最適性理論 / 部分順序付け理論 / グレイディエンス / 強勢保持 / 拘束形態素付加可能性 / 強勢パターン / 確率論的最適性理論

Research Abstract

英語の接尾辞ごとの強勢のパターンについて包括的な調査を行い、理論的な考察を行った。SOEDというかなりの語彙数を持つCD-ROM版の辞書を用いて、語基の強勢を保持するかどうかや、どのような強勢パターンを持つかについて、接尾辞ごとに単語一つ一つを調べた。その結果を集計し、全体の中で各パターンがどういう分布をするかを概観した上で、それがどういう理論に基づけば適切に分析できるかを考察した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Exceptions or a Category : A Numerical Investigation of Classhood in English (2009)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: JELS 26 Papers from the Twenty-sixth NationalConference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan Pages: 359-368
• [Journal Article] Exceptions or. a Category : A Numerical Investigation of Classhood in English (2009)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: JELS 26 : Papers from. the Twenty-sixth National Conference of the English Linguistic Society of Janan 26 Pages: 359-368
• [Journal Article] Categorical and Non-categorical Variation in English Stress Assignment (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: 『音韻研究』第10号 Pages: 49-56
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Distribution of Stress Patterns among English Suffixes: Partial Ordering Theory vs. Stochastic OT (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: 『外国学研究』第67号 Pages: 81-98
  • NAID: 120005280887
• [Journal Article] Categorical and Non-categorical Variation in English Stress Assignment (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: 音韻研究 第10号 Pages: 49-56
• [Journal Article] Distribution of Stress Patterns among English Suffixes : Partial Ordering Theory vs. Stochastic OT (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: 外国学研究 第67号 Pages: 81-98
  • NAID: 120005280887
• [Journal Article] Dual Membership Suffixes in English (2006)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: 『言葉の絆』(卯城他編,開拓社) Pages: 98-111
• [Journal Article] Dual Membership Suffixes in English (2006)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Journal Title: 言葉の絆(卯城他編)(開拓社) Pages: 98-111
• [Presentation] Exceptions or a Category : A Numerical Investigation of Classhood in English (2008)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Organizer: 日本英語学会第26回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-15
• [Presentation] Determining the Classhood of English Suffixes : Boundary between Exceptions and Category-Defining Examples (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Organizer: Seoul International Conference on Phonology and Morphology
  • Place of Presentation: Hanyang University
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-18
• [Presentation] Determining the Classhood of English Suffixes (2007)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Organizer: 4th Seoul International Conference on Phonology and Morphology
  • Place of Presentation: ソウル ハンヤン大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-18
• [Presentation] Categorical and Non-categorical Variation in English Stress Assignment (2006)
  • Author(s): Hideki Zamma
  • Organizer: 音韻論フォーラム2006
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2006-08-25