A Contrastive Study of Lexical Stratification in Japanese and Korean

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K13036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Poppe Clemens 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 准教授 (90803411)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: Japanese / Korean / lexical strata / phonology / morphology / pragmatics / semiotics / pitch accent

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project proposes a model of lexical stratification in which phonological, morpho-syntactic, semanto-pragmatic, and orthographic aspects can can be analyzed in a unified way. By incorporating the distinction between symbols, indices, and icons in the representations, the model is grounded in Peircean semiotics. Moreover, the approach is usage-based, which makes it is well-suited to capture the gradient nature of lexical stratification.

Free Research Field

言語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、語彙層に関する我々の理解を含めると共に、理論言語学で一般に適用できる統一的なモデルの可能性を示す。このモデルを更に発展させることにより、自然言語処理や言語教育にも貢献できると思われる。