Reconsideration of the tonal typology of Japonic languages (jrp000270)
Keywords
Japonic languages
Bantu languages
restricted tone systems
intragenetic typology
Areas
East Asia (mainly Japan)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Website
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About the Project
Project term: April, 2021–March, 2024
  This research project will discuss various tonal systems and phenomena observed among Japonic languages by incorporating knowledge of cross-linguistic studies on tonal languages into existing research on the accents of Japonic languages. Specifically, this research project seeks to (1) reinterpret traditional descriptions by considering the word-prosodic systems of Japonic languages as restricted tone systems; (2) redefine terms and concepts unique to the theory of Japanese accentology in the context of general linguistics; and build a typology which enables researchers to understand the diversity of tonal systems among Japonic languages.
Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
1. Shu HIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Musashino University)
“Reinterpretation of the tonology of the Owase dialect of Mie”
Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
Jointly sponsored by Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3 (LingDy3)”, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) “Case as a Grammatical Category in Japanese and Ryukyuan Languages” (Principal Investigator: Shiro TAKEUCHI (Seijo University) Project Number: 20K20704)
1. Keita KURABE (ILCAA)
“Overview of tone in Mainland Southeast Asian languages”
2. Shiro TAKEUCHI (Seijo University)
“Accent and prosody of phrases in Miyagi-Toyoma dialect with particular reference to occurrence of a rising kernel accent and the proto-accent system of Hokuo dialects”
Jointly sponsored by Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3 (LingDy3)”, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Fieldwork on the accent systems of Miyako Ryukyuan, the Southern Ryukyuan languages” (Tetsuo NITTA (Kanazawa University) Project number: 20H01259)