2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Morphophonological Alternations in Modern Japanese
| Project/Area Number |
22820085
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics |
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Principal Investigator |
VANCE Timothy 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・構造研究系, 教授 (60581387)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 言語学 |
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| Research Abstract |
When two or more meaningful elements combine to form a word, the pronunciation of each element often differs from its pronunciation in isolation(e. g., tama 'ball', me-dama 'eye-ball'). The goal of this research was to investigate such changes in pronunciation in modern Japanese. Using questionnaires and audio recordings, with native speakers and leaners of Japanese as a foreign language as participants, meaningful elements in modern Japanese words are sometimes pronounced differently depending on the elements they combine with. Using questionnaires and audio recordings, the regularity of some changes in consonants and in accent was tested.
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Research Products
(13 results)
