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写真a

 
KUWANA Yasutomo
 
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School of Medicine General Education English
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Degree

  • 修士(TESOL) ( 2005.7   ボール州立大学(Ball State University) )

  • 修士(英語学) ( 2003.3   札幌大学 )

Research Interests

  • 言語学

  • 英語学

  • 外国語教育

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / English linguistics

Research History

  • The Open University of Japan

    2023.11

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  • The Open University of Japan

    2021.6

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  • Asahikawa Medical College   Associate Professor

    2020.12

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  • 北海道教育大学旭川校   非常勤講師

    2016.4

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  • Asahikawa Medical College   Lecturer

    2015.4 - 2020.12

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Committee Memberships

  • 英語語法文法学会   運営委員  

    2026.4   

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Papers

  • A prosodic analysis of the Head Final Filter effects and beyond Reviewed

    Hisao Tokizaki, Jiro Inaba, Yasutomo Kuwana

    Linguistic Variation   2026.4

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    The orders of noun (N) and adjective modified by an adpositional phrase (A PP) in the world’s languages have been explained by the Head Final Filter (HFF) ( Williams 1982 ) and the Final-over-Final Constraint (FOFC) ( Biberauer et al. 2014 , Sheehan 2017 ). Alexeyenko & Zeijlstra (2021) argue that the HFF can be violated in languages with rich agreement morphology, and propose the Phrase Continuity Requirement (PCR). However, there are some languages that have rich morphology but obey the HFF. As an alternative approach to the orders of N, A and PP, we generalize the HFF and the FOFC into a prosodic constraint, the Minimal Prosodic Boundaries constraint (MPB), which requires that a constituent be externalized with minimal boundaries between its sub-constituents. The variation in possible orders is correctly predicted by an additional rule, the Mapping of Left Bracket Sequence (MLBS), and by language-specific stress patterns. We further argue that our prosodic account can also explain the counterexamples to the HFF and the FOFC.

    DOI: 10.1075/lv.24037.tok

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  • Linking and the Intelligibility of English Spoken by Japanese Learners of English: Perceptions by Native English Speakers Reviewed

    The Journal of the Practical English Phonetic Society of Japan   ( 7 )   1 - 25   2026.3

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    DOI: 10.57512/jpepsj.7.0_1

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  • Be named after/for in American English Reviewed

    Yasutomo Kuwana

    英語語法文法研究   ( 32 )   74 - 90   2025.12

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  • Do the Complement Types of It is past time ... Correlate with Sentence Meaning? Reviewed

    Yasutomo Kuwana

    22   12 - 28   2025.6

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  • Case Marking and the Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana

    Theories of Morphological Case and Topic/Focus   377 - 403   2025.5

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    Publishing type:Part of collection (book)   Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland  

    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68315-2_14

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  • Nuclear Stress and Causative/Experiential Have Reviewed

    Yasutomo Kuwana

    The Journal of the Practical English Phonetic Society of Japan   ( 6 )   19 - 31   2025.3

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    DOI: 10.57512/jpepsj.6.0_19

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  • *Heavy-Head-Light: Generalizing Greenberg’s Universal #25

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana

    Phonological Externalization   9   125 - 151   2024.10

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  • The order of OVX and the argument-adjunct distinction

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana

    Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America   9 ( 1 )   2024.5

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    DOI: 10.3765/plsa.v9i1.5708

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  • The Deadjectival Noun Slowness and Its Complement Types Reviewed

    Yasutomo Kuwana

    英語語法文法研究   ( 30 )   116 - 133   2023.12

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  • The ordering of obliques and adpositional elements

    Yasutomo Kuwana, Hisao Tokizaki

    Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America   8 ( 1 )   2023.4

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    DOI: 10.3765/plsa.v8i1.5495

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  • 前置修飾と後置修飾における「形容詞+enough」の意味と構造 Reviewed

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    英語語法文法研究   ( 26 )   109 - 124   2019.12

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  • play a role (in) V-ingにおける前置詞inの随意性と義務性 Reviewed

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    英語語法文法研究   ( 25 )   71 - 87   2018.12

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  • 否定限定詞つき主語の指導のアプローチ ―大学生の受容の誤りの分析に基づいて― Reviewed

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    東北英語教育学会研究紀要   ( 37 )   39 - 50   2017.3

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  • Prosody and subject ellipsis in It Turns Out That-Clause construction Reviewed

    Yasutomo Kuwana

    旭川医科大学研究フォーラム   16   2 - 8   2016.3

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  • 語順と英語教育―世界の諸言語からの視点― Reviewed

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    東北英語教育学会研究紀要   ( 36 )   13 - 23   2016.3

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  • Polar question particles and the Final-Over-Final Constraint Reviewed

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana

    文化と言語   ( 84 )   65 - 89   2016.3

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  • Praatを使用した音読指導の背景と予備的実践 Reviewed

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    東北英語教育学会研究紀要   ( 35 )   105 - 115   2015.3

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  • 音声を可視化し、英文を何度も音読したくなる授業を展開

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    全国高校メディア教育   ( 124 )   5 - 6   2014.11

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  • Prosody of positive and negative conjunctions

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana

    文化と言語   ( 74 )   87 - 108   2011

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  • Tauya語の属格名詞と語順の普遍性

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    文化と言語   ( 70 )   35 - 51   2009

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  • Non-existent word orders and left-branching structure Reviewed

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana

    GLOW Newsletter   ( 60 )   145 - 146   2008

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  • 発音指導と複合語の音韻 Reviewed

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    HELES Journal   ( 8 )   19 - 31   2008

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  • Vocabulary learning in a beginning Japanese class: thematic vs. lexical sets

    Yasutomo Kuwana

    文化と言語   ( 65 )   85 - 133   2006

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Books

  • Theories of Morphological Case and Topic/Focus Synchronic Variation and Diachronic Change in Japanese and Beyond

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana( Role: Joint authorCase marking and the order of object, oblique and verb)

    2025.5  ( ISBN:9783031683152

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    Total pages:377   Responsible for pages:403   Language:English   Book type:Scholarly book

    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68315-2_14

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  • Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana( Role: Joint authorA Stress-Based Theory of Disharmonic Word Orders)

    Oxford University Press  2013 

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  • Challenges to Linearization

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana( Role: Joint authorUnattested Word Orders and Left-Branching Structure)

    De Gruyter Mouton  2013 

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  • Consonant Clusters and Structural Complexity

    Hisao Tokizaki, Yasutomo Kuwana( Role: Joint authorLimited Consonant Clusters in OV Languages)

    De Gruyter Mouton  2012 

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Presentations

  • 数詞-類別詞-名詞の語順:類型と理論

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    東北大学大学院情報科学研究科「言語変化・変異研究ユニット」主催 第14回ワークショップ  2025.10 

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    Event date: 2025.10

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  • Stress in German Pre-Modified Noun Phrases International conference

    Yasutomo Kuwana, Jiro Inaba, Hisao Tokizaki

    音韻論フォーラム25  2025.8 

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  • Using the comedy-drama The Good Place in the English Media classroom

    Matthew Nechacov, Yasutomo Kuwana

    2025年ATEM中部支部大会  2025.8 

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    Event date: 2025.8

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    File: 2025 ATEM Chubu The Good Place Final with References.pdf

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  • Linking and the Intelligibility of English Spoken by Japanese Learners of English: Perceptions by Native English Speakers

    Yasutomo Kuwana, Matthew Nechacov

    日本実践英語音声学会 第7回研究大会  2025.7 

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    Event date: 2025.7

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    File: 2025 PEPSJ linking final version-references merged.pdf

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  • Order of Noun and Adjective in Word Order Typology

    Yasutomo Kuwana, Hisao Tokizaki

    15th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology  2024.12 

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  • 括弧付けパラドックスの構造と意味:プラン B で行こう

    時崎久夫, 稲葉治朗, 桑名保智

    日本言語学会第169回大会  2024.11 

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  • 動詞 name に後続する前置詞

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    英語語法文法学会第32回大会  2024.10 

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  • 目的語・動詞・斜格の語順と補部・付加部の区別

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    AA研共同利用・共同研究課題 「理論言語学と言語類型論と計量言語学の対話にもとづく言語変化・変異メカニズムの探求」 2023年度第5回研究会 

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    Event date: 2024.3

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所 (オンライン)  

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  • A prosodic constraint on the head-complement linearization International conference

    Hisao Tokizaki, Jiro Inaba, Yasutomo Kuwana

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    Event date: 2024.2 - 2024.3

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    Venue:Bochum, Germany  

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  • 名詞 interest に後続する句

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    英語語法文法学会第31回大会 

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    Event date: 2023.10

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    Venue:桜美林大学 町田キャンパス  

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  • 名詞−形容詞の語順と主要部パラメータ

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    「言語変化・変異研究ユニット」第11回ワークショップ(AA研共同利用・共同研究課題「理論言語学と言語類型論と計量言語学の対話にもとづく言語変化・変異メカニズムの探求」2023年度第3回研究会との共催) 

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    Event date: 2023.9

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  • 膠着性に関する含意的普遍性

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    「言語変化・変異研究ユニット」第10回ワークショップ(AA研共同利用・共同研究課題「理論言語学と言語類型論と計量言語学の対話にもとづく言語変化・変異メカニズムの探求」2022年度第6回研究会との共催) 

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    Event date: 2023.3

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  • 目的語・斜格・動詞の語順と格表示

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    理論言語学と言語類型論と計量言語学の対話にもとづく言語変化・変異メカニズムの探求:2022年度第5回研究会 

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  • The Ordering of Obliques and Adpositional Elements International conference

    Yasutomo Kuwana, Hisao Tokizaki

    2023 Linguistic Society of America 97th Annual Meeting 

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    Venue:Denver  

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  • 目的語ー斜格ー動詞の語順をとる言語

    時崎久夫, 桑名保智

    日本言語学会第165回大会 

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  • 派生名詞 slowness の統語と意味

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    英語語法文法学会第30回記念大会 

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  • It is past time … の形式と意味

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    英語語法文法学会第27回大会 

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    Venue:北九州市立大学 北方キャンパス  

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  • Enoughに関わる構造とコントロールについて

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    第11回北海道理論言語学研究会【地方】 

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  • 「形容詞+enough」による前置修飾と後置修飾

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    英語語法文法学会第26回大会 

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    Event date: 2018.10

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    Venue:立命館大学衣笠キャンパス  

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  • 旭川医科大学における双方向遠隔授業の事例報告

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    北海道地区国立大学教養教育連携実施事業成果報告フォーラム  国立大学教養教育コンソーシアム北海道

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    Event date: 2018.3

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    Venue:北海道大学  

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  • I played a role in translating Japanese into English.のinは脱落する

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    英語語法文法学会第25回大会 

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    Event date: 2017.10

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    Venue:専修大学神田キャンパス  

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  • We've never had trouble in finding red foxes.のfindingは動名詞か?

    桑名保智, 三好暢博, 戸塚将

    英語語法文法学会第24回大会 

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  • 名詞句内における文法的性の一致と語順について

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    第8回北海道理論言語学研究会 

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  • 日本語における肯定対極表現と救済効果について

    三好 暢博, 桑名 保智, 戸塚 将

    日本言語学会第151回大会 

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    Event date: 2015.11

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    Venue:名古屋大学  

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  • 音声を可視化し、英文を何度も音読したくなる授業を展開

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    第17回視聴覚教育総合全国大会・第64回放送教育研究会全国大会 合同大会 

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    Venue:旭川  

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  • Prosody of Positive and Negative Conjunctions International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    The 3rd International Conference on Discourse-Prosody Interface 09 Paris 

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    Event date: 2009.9

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  • The Co-Variation of Head-Complement Order and the Position of Word Stress International conference

    桑名 保智, 時崎 久夫

    Association for Linguistic Typology 8 

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  • *Heavy-Head-Light: Generalizing Greenberg’s Universal #25 International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Association for Linguistic Typology 8 

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  • A Stress-Based Theory of Disharmonic Word Orders International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Orders 

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  • Tauya語の属格名詞と語順の普遍性

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    日本言語学会第137回大会 

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  • スワヒリ語の語順と接尾辞の出没

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    日本言語学会第137回大会 

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  • Polar Question Particles and the Final-Over-Final Constraint International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Particles Workshop 

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  • 英語複合名詞における発話速度:複数接辞の位置とピッチの高さ

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    形態論・レキシコンフォーラム 

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  • 句複合語と有標語順

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    形態論・レキシコンフォーラム 

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  • Limited Consonant Clusters in OV languages International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Consonant Clusters and Structural Complexity 

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    Event date: 2008.7

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  • Prosody of Positive/Negative Conjunctions in Japanese International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody 

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    Event date: 2008.4

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  • Do OV languages have simple syllable structure? International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Association for Linguistic Typology 4 

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  • Pitch, Speech Rate, and Syntax: Word-Initial Low in Japanese International conference

    時崎 久夫, 桑名 保智

    Old World Conference in Phonology 4 

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    Event date: 2007.1

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Works

  • 第3回そろばん川柳コンテスト(一般財団法人全国珠算連盟 白井そろばん博物館)

    桑名保智

    2025.1

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  • ペイハラ撲滅川柳(砂川市立病院)

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    2024.12

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Research Projects

  • 英語の形容詞・派生名詞と後続句に関する記述的・理論的研究

    2023.4 - 2026.3

    基盤研究(C)

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    英語の形容詞・派生名詞の構造・意味は一定の分析がされてきているものの、それらの記述は質量ともに限定的である。形容詞 slow と派生名詞 slowness がその一例であり、先行研究の記述とは異なる統語的ふるまいや意味的違いが実際には見られる。このことから、様々な形容詞・派生名詞の記述と複眼的観点からの精緻な分析が必要であると考えられる。本研究の目的は二つある。一つは、大規模電子コーパスやインフォーマントの協力により形容詞・派生名詞に関する基礎的データを構築することである。もう一つは、形容詞・派生名詞とそれらに後続する句との構造的・意味的関係を明らかにすることである。以上により、形容詞・派生名詞に関する記述の更新・補完が可能になる。また、形容詞・派生名詞に関する構造・意味を分析する。これにより、英語学に記述的・理論的に寄与することができる。

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