2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Competence in processing and generating phonological units in Williams syndrome, and elucidation of the prosodic structure
| Project/Area Number |
22520411
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATADA Fusa 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (70245950)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 音韻論 / ウィリアムズ症候群 / 音韻処理能力 / 音節 / モーラ / ラドリング / 単語反転 / 非定型性言語 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research has presented evidence for the neuroplasticity and autonomousnature of competence in processing and generatingphonological units in Williams syndrome. Basedon orthography-free phonological data obtained from the subject’s performance in backward ludling (a word-reversing language game), this research has shown that geminates and long vowels share acommon lexical structure. To unify the structures of the two longsegments, it introduced a new concept of ‘floating mora’ in phonological theory. Thisresearch has contributed to raising awareness about the linguistic relevance of atypical language, which in itself warrants proper linguisticinvestigation.
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Research Products
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