2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

An integrated approach to the Well-formedness of phonological representation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19520363
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Linguistics
Research Institution	Surugadai University
Principal Investigator	高橋豊美 Surugadai University, 文化情報学部, 教授 (60265444)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	音韻論 / 制約 / 表示 / 依存 / 統率 / 認可
Research Abstract	This study has developed a restrictive model of representation constructed on a relational mechanism of dependency and licensing. Couched in a constraint-based framework, this study has examined the initial gemination observed in Micronesian languages and Huasteco stress system, claiming that these phenomena should be accounted for not by introducing new specific constraints but by the permutation of widely attested, general constraints. This study also paves the way to a claim that the distinction between the syllable and the mora is redundant in Japanese.

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