2017 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Dynamics of Change in Early English: Managing, Interpreting and Explaining Linguistic Data Using GIS
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15K16774
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
Laker Stephen 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 准教授 (10741548)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | GIS / English / Dialects |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This year one of my papers on this project was published in English Language and Linguistics, a leading international journal, and I gave a presentation on early non-English place-names and their relevance for Early English phonology and morphology at an international symposium at the University of Southern Denmark. I have been invited to write up my presentation and submit it for peer-review (deadline: spring 2019). In addition, I have made over a dozen new and detailed linguistic maps based on a wide variety of corpora and dialect surveys (SMED, LAEME, LALME, Ellis, SED etc.). These will appear in a monograph on English (dialect) phonology and language contact that is in preparation and should be finished before or at the end of this project. The current manuscript of the book, which builds on earlier doctoral research, is close to completion.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Progress is about as expected. My attention is now on the monograph, and I am on track with it. This year I have a slightly lighter teaching load, which will help me get things done.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In addition to my focus on getting my monograph ready for publication, this year I plan to initiate more collaborative work with scholars overseas. In particular, I will be attending ICEHL in Edinburgh, and I have gained some extra funding from Kyushu University to stay for a number of weeks as a guest researcher. I also need to make plans for my next Kaken proposal.
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| Causes of Carryover |
My presentation in Denmark was partially funded by the University of Southern Denmark in terms of accommodation expenses (2 nights) and living costs because I was an invited speaker. This meant that I was able to save some of the KAKEN money unlike on previous conference trips. I would like to use the surplus to finance research trips in the next academic year.
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