2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
A crosslinguistic study of prosody of particles: Japanese and Bantu languages
| Project/Area Number |
20K00578
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
李 勝勲 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 上級准教授 (20770134)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
品川 大輔 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 准教授 (80513712)
松浦 年男 北星学園大学, 文学部, 教授 (80526690)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Prosody / Particle / Japanese / Swahili / Xitsonga / Intonation |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In AY2021, the prosodic effect of negative polarity items on particles in Japanese, the exclusive particle TU in Swahili, as well as noun class markers in Xitsonga were examined. In Japanese, we found gender-differentiated realization of pitch excursion, and in the prosody of TU in Swahili, we found the edge-effect of intonational phrases. In Xitsonga, the noun class markers interacted with the size of a following NP. Results were shared at domestic and international conferences, and reports were written into papers and books. Digital archives contained primary data for wider use of the data.
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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
The project is progressing smoothly. The analyzed data has revealed underreported patterns in the literature, which allows us to contribute to new facts about the prosody of particles in Japanese, Swahili and Xitsonga.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
AY2022 is the third year of the project, and we plan to work on the dissemination of the findings while further processing collected data. After working on individual languages in the first half of AY2022, the second half of the year will be devoted to developing a comparative framework for understanding the prosody of particles, focusing on the prosodic status of particles with reference to their morphological status such as clitichood and affixhood.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Originally planned international travel for data collection was not possible due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions. As such, some funds from AY2021 will carry over to AY2022.
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| Remarks |
(1) and (2) contain the primary data that was collected or analyzed in AY2021.
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