2024 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Word prominence in Japanese and Korean dialects: Theory and Typology
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24K03852
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
Poppe CP 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 准教授 (90803411)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
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| Keywords | accent / pitch / metrical structure / grid / Japanese / Korean / Turkish |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This year, I worked on developing a new grid-based approach to pitch accent, in which accent, pitch, metrical structure, and sonority are represented in a unified way. I applied this approach to the analysis of several Japanese and Korean dialects, as well as Turkish. The approach is well-suited to analyzing both pitch and stress accent, and thus bridges the gap between the two types of accent, an issue relevant to both theoretical phonology and phonological typology.
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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
I developed a new theoretical model for analyzing accent systems, which can serve as the foundation for a new theory and typology of accent. I have already applied the model to analyze several different accent systems found in Japanese, Korean, and Turkish.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The next step is to apply the model to a broader range of Japanese and Korean dialects, and, if possible, to other languages that have been analyzed as pitch-accent systems. Based on this expanded dataset, the analyses I have already developed may require slight revisions or further elaboration. Another line of work involves presenting my analyses at additional conferences and writing up the results for publication.
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| Causes of Carryover |
In the second year, I will have higher travel expenses than in the first year. Additionally, I need to purchase electronic equipment that I had originally planned to buy in the first year.
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