Network formation for interdisciplinary and international studies of geminate consonants

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K18502
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature, Linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
• Principal Investigator: KUBOZONO HARUO 大学共同利用機関法人人間文化研究機構国立国語研究所, 理論・対照研究領域, 教授 (80153328)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-06-30 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 促音 / 重子音 / 日本語 / 対照研究 / ネットワーク形成 / モーラ / リズム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study established a collaborative research network whereby researchers on geminate consonants in Japanese and other languages can collaborate with each other and understand geminate consonants better from the perspectives of interdisciplinary and international perspectives. The interdisciplinary network involves specialists in linguistics, phonetics, psycholinguistics, developmental psychology and music. The international network involves researchers on Japanese, Italian, Barber and many other languages with a contrast in consonant length.

Free Research Field

言語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、これまで複数の研究領域で独立してなされてきた促音の研究を融合し、分野の壁を超えた共同研究の体制を整えたことである。また日本語の促音を重子音やリズムの研究と位置づけ、海外の研究者達との交流・意見交換を通じて、国際共同研究を行う基盤を整えた。