A cross-language study of diphthongs and diphthongization: common features and generalizations
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23520461
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 音声学 / 音韻論 / 通時的研究 / 通言語的研究 / 二重母音 / 二重母音化 / ロンドン英語 / 類型論 / 共時的研究 / 音変化 / 二重母音テータベース / 容認発音 / 音声変化 / 有標無標 / 変化の可逆性 / 共時的音韻論 / 通時的音韻論 / 音響分析 / データペース / 音声過程 / 普遍的特徴 / 国際情報交流 / 音響音声学 / データベース / フィールドワーク |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I have identified some universal or cross-linguistically common features concerning diphthongs and diphthongization by drawing on linguistic facts and problems related to them. The findings are initially based on the database of diphthongs in a variety of languages and the classification of those diachornic processes which yield or affect diphthongs. Then, they are confirmed by the analyses of the evolution of the vowel system including diphthongs in some specific languages. I have also studied the ongoing diphthong shift observed in London English. On the basis of the interview recordings I made in London,UK I have found that there exist some consistent differences in the pronunciation of diphthongs between the older and the younger generation. I have analysed this ongoing diphthong shift and provided its implication in the cross-language study of diphthongs and diphthongization.
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