2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of thesocio-cultural history of thespelling reform of English
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22520503
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kyoto Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 正書法 / 綴り字改革 / 表音式綴り字 / 言語規範 / 読み書き教育 / 音声学史 / 音声表記 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study revealed the prescriptive and utilitarian linguistic ideology observed widely among the 19thand 20thcentury spelling reformers of English.It also investigated the phonetic characteristics of varieties of English, known as World Englishes, and discussedother possibilities of efficient sound-to-letter transcription, including shorthand and speech recognition. This has led to the conclusion that the 19thand 20thcentury spelling reformers’idealistic view on phonetic spelling reflected the socio-cultural situation they were in.
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Research Products
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