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Prosodic Analysis of Polysyllabic Words and Phrases in English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02622
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionFukuoka University

Principal Investigator

Yamada Eiji  福岡大学, 人文学部, 教授 (20166698)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Keywords強勢 / 多音節語句 / 音韻 / 音声 / 英語 / プロソディー / 位置関数理論 / CELEX2 / データ / CELEX2 Data Base / コーパス / 電子データ / プロソディ / 音律
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Positional Function Theory, which was put forward to account for the stress assignment of words in English in Yamada (2010), postulates sixteen Positional Functions to explain the "subsidiary" stress assignment of words in English. With regard to the "main" stress assignment of words in English, three Positional Functions are later postulated in a preliminary study. Thus, in this study, I examined the validity of the assumption of the number of Positional Functions for the primary (i.e. main) stress assignment of words in English. The result was that, with the help of the device "Extrametricality," we require only three Positional Functions. Further, we examined the validity of the Positional Function Theory by using the "digital" database, where one of the Positional Functions, ACS (Alveolar Consonant Sequence) is proved to be valid.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (6 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Toulouse(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Theoretical Shortcomings: Counterexamples to Word Stress Treatments in English2018

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Yamada
    • Organizer
      ELSJ 11th International Spring Forum 2018
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Covert Stress Preservation of Derived Words in English2016

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Yamada
    • Organizer
      PAC 2016 International Conference: English Melodies
    • Place of Presentation
      Aix-Marseille University, France
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An Overview of the Approach to Word Stress in English in the Generative Tradition: From SPE to Current Optimality Treatments2015

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Yamada
    • Organizer
      PAC 2015: Advances in the Phonology and Phonetics of Contemporary English
    • Place of Presentation
      Universite Toulouse - Jean Jaures, France
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Optimality Theory and Beyond: An Analysis of English Word Stress Using a New Concept of "Positional Function"2015

    • Author(s)
      Eiji Yamada
    • Organizer
      PAC 2015: Advances in the Phonology and Phonetics of Contemporary English
    • Place of Presentation
      Universite Toulouse - Jean Jaures, France
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 「音声学・音韻論の研究:英語学・英米文学・英語教育各界の回顧と展望(2016年4月~2017年3月)『英語年鑑』2018

    • Author(s)
      山田英二
    • Publisher
      研究社
    • ISBN
      9784327399481
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「Plato's Problem and Recursiveness in English Word Stress Theory: The Case of SPE」『ことばを編む』2018

    • Author(s)
      山田英二
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922555
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「音の世界の不思議:子どもの脳内スイッチの話」『〈不思議〉に満ちたことばの世界』2017

    • Author(s)
      山田英二
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922401
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「音声学・音韻論の研究ー英語学・英米文学・英語教育各界の回顧と展望(2015年4月~2016年3月)『英語年鑑2017』2017

    • Author(s)
      山田 英二
    • Publisher
      研究社
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「位置関数理論における計算と表示について」『現代音韻論の動向:日本音韻論学会20周年記念論文集』(日本音韻論学会編)2016

    • Author(s)
      山田 英二
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「音声学・音韻論の研究ー英語学・英米文学・英語教育各界の回顧と展望(2014年4月~2015年3月)『英語年鑑2016』2016

    • Author(s)
      山田 英二
    • Publisher
      研究社
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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