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Word prominence in Japanese and Korean dialects: Theory and Typology

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24K03852
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Poppe CP  早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 准教授 (90803411)

Project Period (FY) 2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsaccent / pitch / metrical structure / grid / Japanese / Korean / Turkish / tone / prominence
Outline of Research at the Start

The goal of this project is to develop unified analyses of word prominence in Japanese and Korean dialects within an analytical framework that combines ideas from theoretical phonology and morphology with insights from the Japanese and Korean schools of accent and tone.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This year, I worked on developing a new grid-based approach to pitch accent, in which accent, pitch, metrical structure, and sonority are represented in a unified way. I applied this approach to the analysis of several Japanese and Korean dialects, as well as Turkish. The approach is well-suited to analyzing both pitch and stress accent, and thus bridges the gap between the two types of accent, an issue relevant to both theoretical phonology and phonological typology.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

I developed a new theoretical model for analyzing accent systems, which can serve as the foundation for a new theory and typology of accent. I have already applied the model to analyze several different accent systems found in Japanese, Korean, and Turkish.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

The next step is to apply the model to a broader range of Japanese and Korean dialects, and, if possible, to other languages that have been analyzed as pitch-accent systems. Based on this expanded dataset, the analyses I have already developed may require slight revisions or further elaboration. Another line of work involves presenting my analyses at additional conferences and writing up the results for publication.

Report

(1 results)
  • 2024 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2025 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Leiden University(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Shenzhen University(中国)

    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The prosodic structure of Turkish accent patterns2025

    • Author(s)
      Clemens Poppe
    • Organizer
      Dutch Annual Linguistics Day 2025
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Prosodic and segmental changes in the Turkish progressive suffix -Iyor2025

    • Author(s)
      Bert Botma, Turan Hanci, Clemens Poppe
    • Organizer
      Dutch Annual Linguistics Day 2025
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The representation of neutral vowels in Korean and Turkish: a dependency-based perspective2025

    • Author(s)
      Clemens Poppe, Jeroen van de Weijer
    • Organizer
      Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP) 22 Satellite Workshop on Vowel Harmony
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 生成音韻論の歴史と展望 ― 田中伸一教授還暦記念ハンドブック ― (第4章: 自律分節音韻論と韻律音韻論 )2025

    • Author(s)
      クレメンス・ポッペ
    • Total Pages
      31
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758924160
    • Related Report
      2024 Research-status Report

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Published: 2024-04-05   Modified: 2025-12-26  

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