2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A comprehensive study on English syllables
| Project/Area Number |
25370567
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kindai University (2014-2016)
Hiroshima Jogakuin University (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 音節構造とスロットの数 / 強勢音節と無強勢音節 / 無強勢音節における末尾子音の数 / 外来語等の音素配列 / 硬口蓋歯茎阻害音 / クラスター分析 / 硬口蓋化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study explains the characteristics of the four palato-alveolar obstruents in English (as in "chip", "jet", "ship", and "measure") by hypothesizing that they behave as /tj, dj, sj, zj/. This leads us to assume that each of the onset, nucleus, and coda of stressed syllables has three slots, accounting for the phonotactics of such words as "ask" and "grasp" in Received Pronunciation and "Minsk" of foreign origin.
The study also considers why exceptions are found such as "damask" and "monarch" to the general rule that English unstressed syllables allow only one coda consonant except for those considered extrasyllabic. It is concluded that the exceptions are all disyllabic nouns and that the destressing of final syllables brings initial stress.
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| Free Research Field |
言語学（音韻論）
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