2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Rendaku: Towards a Hierarchy of Blocking Constraints
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26370436
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| Research Institution | Yamagata University |
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Principal Investigator |
Irwin Mark 山形大学, 人文学部, 教授 (40361240)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
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, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 教授 (60581387)
Lyddon Paul 大阪女学院短期大学, その他部局等, 教授 (70571777)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | rendaku / statistical analysis / Japanese / morphophonology / SPSS / database |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Two research meetings took place during FY2: in Osaka in May 2015 and in Yamagata in March 2016.
The May 2015 meeting looked at the data in respect to the fifth question posed in the FY1 report, namely do 2nd elements consisting of a single mora undergo rendaku less frequently? Preliminary analyses suggested this was indeed the case and it was decided to present our findings at the Japanese Phonological Society Conference at Osaka University in August. Our abstract was accepted, the presentation took place and was subsequently published in Phonological Studies Vol. 19 (March 2016).
The March 2016 meeting in Yamagata reviewed FY2 findings as well as current database data. It was decided to pursue the following two questions in FY3: do nasal or voiced consonants at the end of the first element trigger rendaku more often than voiced consonants?; and do second elements beginning in ha-gyo (especially fu) undergo rendaku more often than others? Our aim is to present our findings at the European Association of Japanese Linguistics Conference at Kobe University in September 2016 and at Japanese/Korean Linguistics at NINJAL, Tokyo, in October 2016, respectively.
A student at Osaka Jogakuin carried out database input from late 2015 until the end of the 2016 academic year.
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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
Work in FY3 will utilize the database to pursue the following two questions in FY3: do nasal or voiced consonants at the end of the first element trigger rendaku more often than voiced consonants?; and do second elements beginning in ha-gyo (especially fu) undergo rendaku more often than others? Our aim is to present our findings at the European Association of Japanese Linguistics Conference at Kobe University in September 2016 and at Japanese/Korean Linguistics at NINJAL, Tokyo, in October 2016, respectively. It is also our intention to publish our findings in the two respective conference proceedings. Furthermore, an Osaka Jogakuin student will carry out database input throughout FY3.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The bulk of FY3 funding will be used for travel expenses and for student labour. The former will cover two FY3 research meetings, in Osaka and in Yamagata, and travel to two conferences, in Kobe and in Tokyo. Any remaining funds will be used for books and miscellaneous expenses.
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| Causes of Carryover |
During FY1 we were unable to find students to input data to the database. This money was carried over into FY2 for that purpose.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
Using the money carried over from FY1 we were unable to carry out more work on student database input than expected.
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