The history of Japanese syllable structure using the Chinese-Japanese glosses

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370528
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Hizume Shuji 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (70255032)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 音節構造 / 拗音 / 長母音 / 二重母音 / 促音 / 撥音 / 濁音 / 連濁

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to clarify the history of the Japanese syllable structure by using the primary material, mainly the Chinese-Japanese glosses of the Heian and Kamakura period. The research leader has submitted quite different views from the conventional theories about -j- medial glide and -w- medial glide, diphthong vowels and long vowels, syllabic nasal and geminate consonants, surds and sonants. In this study, the research leader collected data for reinforcing or modifying his past research. This achievement will be published as "Study of Japanese syllable structure history" during FY 2018.

Free Research Field

日本語音韻史