Theses, Publications, and Presentations

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Theses

PhD Thesis, Submitted: Sep. 2005, Degree awarded: Dec. 2005, University of Tsukuba

"Choosengo souruhoogen no akusentoku: onkyoobunseki ni yoru saikentoo"
(The accentual phrase of Seoul Korean: Reconsideration through acoustic analysis)

MA Thesis, Submitted: Dec. 2000, Degree awarded: Mar. 2001, University of Tsukuba

"Choosengo souruhoogen ni okeru onsetsukoozoo no purosodii e no eekyoo"
(Influence of syllable structure on prosody in Seoul Korean)

Publications: Original Papers

Akira Utsugi & Hyejin Jang (forthcoming) "Upstep and constituent length in Daegu Korean: A preliminary report." In Jaehoon Yeon & Jieun Kiaer (eds.) Selected papers of the 2nd European Conference on Korean Linguistics (tentative title). München: Lincom Europa.

Akira Utsugi (2009c) "Merger-in-progress of tonal classes in Masan/Changwon Korean." Language Research 45 (1), 23-42.

Akira Utsugi (2009a) "Merger-in-progress of tonal classes and phrase-level variation: Evidence from Masan/Changwon Korean." Gengogaku Ronsoo (Tsukuba Working Papers in Linguistics), Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Hakutarō Jōo. 75-94. Linguistic Circle, the University of Tsukuba

Akira Utsugi (2006b) "Choosengo souruhoogen no akusentoku ni okeru intenshitii no tokuchoo (The intensity pattern of the accentual phrase in Seoul Korean)." In Jōo Hakutarō Hakushi Kanreki Kinen Ronbunshuu Henshuu Iinkai (ed.) Jikken'onseegakuto ippangengogaku: Jōo Hakutarō Hakushi Kanreki Kinen Ronbunshuu (Experimental phonetics and general linguistics: Festschrift for Dr. Hakutarō Jōo's 60th Birthday). Tokyo: Tookyoodoo. 107-116.

Akira Utsugi & Hideki Noma (2006) "The prosody of auxiliaries in Seoul Korean." In Yuji Kawaguchi, Ivan Fónagy, & Tsunekazu Moriguchi (eds.) Usage-based linguistic informatics 3: prosody and syntax: cross-linguistic perspectives. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 265-284.

Shuichi Yamazaki, Akira Utsugi, & Hsin-ying Pan (2004) "Nihongo, kankokugo, chuugokugo ni okeru museeshikeekookoogaimasatsuon no onkyooonseegakuteki kenkyuu (An acoustic phonetic study of voiceless alveolo-palatal fricatives in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese)." Ippangengogaku Ronsoo (Journal of General Linguistics) 7. Tsukuba Linguistic Circle. 1-27.

Akira Utsugi (2004e) "Phonetic approach or phonological approach: syntax-prosody interface in Seoul Korean." Speech Sciences 11 (4). The Korean Association of Speech Sciences. 207-221.

Akira Utsugi (2004d) "Choosengo souruhoogen ni okeru toogotekiaimaibun to F0 no kakoogenshoo (Syntactically ambiguous sentences and downtrends in Seoul Korean)." In Yuji Kawaguchi, Tsunekazu Moriguchi, & Yoshio Saito (eds.) Research paper of linguistic informatics 4  Cross-linguistic perspectives in phonetics: phonetic description and prosodic analysis. The 21st Century COE Program "Usage-based Linguistic Informatics", Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. 291-299.

Akira Utsugi (2004c) "Choosengo souruhoogen ni okeru in'yookee no picchi pataan (The pitch pattern of citation form in Seoul Korean)."  In Choosengo Kenkyuukai (The Society for Korean Linguistics in Japan) (ed.) Choosengo Kenkyuu 2. Tokyo: Kuroshio. 7-45.

Akira Utsugi (2004a) "Kankokujin nihongogakushuusha no nihongo ni okeru fookasuhatsuwa to chuuritsuhatsuwa no onseeteki on'inteki tokuchoo (The phonetic and phonological characteristics of focused and neutral utterances in Japanese spoken by Korean learners of Japanese)." Onsee Kenkyuu (Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan) 8 (1). The Phonetic Society of Japan. 96-108.

Akira Utsugi (2003b) "The intonation and phrasing of declarative sentences in Seoul Korean: a preliminary study." Ippangengogaku Ronsoo (Journal of General Linguistics) 6. Tsukuba Linguistic Circle. 33-59.

Kunihiro Mimatsu & Akira Utsugi (2002) "Choosengo souruhoogen no purosodii no kihonkoozoo ni tsuite (On the fundamental structure of Seoul Korean prosody)." Chosen Gakuho (Journal of the Academic Association of Koreanology in Japan) 184. The Academic Association of Koreanology in Japan 35-70.

Kee-Ho Kim, Eunjong Kong, Hye-sook Lee, & Akira Utsugi (2002b) "Ilpone chocem ekyang silhyenui umunumsengcek thukcing yengku (The phonological and phonetic characteristics of intonational focus realization in Japanese)." Speech Sciences 9 (2). The Korean Association of Speech Sciences. 69-87.

Takahiro Fukumori, Deniz Bökesoy, Akira Utsugi, & Hye-jung Ko (2001) "Arutaishogo ni okeru `bun no jiten' (`The dictionary of sentences' of Altaic languages)." Gengogaku Ronsoo (Tsukuba Working Papers in Linguistics) 20. Linguistic Circle, the University of Tsukuba. 47-60.

Akira Utsugi (1999) "Choosengo no boin no naizaiteki tokusei (Intrinsic properties of Korean vowels)." Ippangengogaku Ronsoo (Journal of General Linguistics) 2. Tsukuba Linguistic Circle. 60-72.

Kunihiro Mimatsu, Takahiro Fukumori, Kousuke Sugai, Akira Utsugi, & Takeshi Shimada (1999) "Nihongo no boin no museika ni tsuite: tookyoo hoogen no nionsetsurenzokumuseika no bunseki (Vowel devoicing in Japanese: an acoustical investigation of consecutive vowel devoicing of disyllabic words in Tokyo Japanese)." Ippangengogaku Ronsoo (Journal of General Linguistics) 2. Tsukuba Linguistic Circle. 73-101.

Kunihiro Mimatsu & Akira Utsugi (1999) "Kankokugo souruhoogen no purosodii no bunseki (An analysis of the prosody of the Korean Seoul dialect)." Gengogaku Ronsoo (Tsukuba Working Papers in Linguistics) 18. Linguistic Circle, the University of Tsukuba. 61-79.

Akira Utsugi & Takahiro Fukumori (1999) "Choosengo saishuudoohoogen no boin no onkyookaiseki: area o chuushin ni (An acoustic analysis of vowels in the Korean Cheju dialect)." Gengogaku Ronsoo (Tsukuba Working Papers in Linguistics) 18. Linguistic Circle, the University of Tsukuba. 80-99.

Publications: Research Notes

Akira Utsugi, Yoonshil Jeon, & Heesung Kim (2008) "Toward determining discreteness in downtrends of Japanese and Korean: An approach from a categorical perception experiment." Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan 12 (2). The Phonetic Society of Japan. 30-42.

Publications: Review Papers and Summaries

Akira Utsugi (2009b) "Nihongo to choosengo no haretsuon: Onkyooonseegakuteki kenkyuu no gaikan (Plosives in Japanese and Korean: A review of acoustic phonetic studies)." Hokkaidoo Gengo Bunka Kenkyuu. Hokkaidoo Gengo Bunka Kenkyuukai.

Akira Utsugi (2007b) "Onkyooonseegakukara no sekkin (Approaches from acoustic phonetics)." In Hideki Noma (ed.) Kankokugo kyooikuron kooza dai 1 kan (The handbook of Korean language education, Vol. 1). Tokyo: Kuroshio. 331-350.

Akira Utsugi (2007a) "The accentual phrase in Seoul Korean: A reconsideration through acoustic analysis." In Phonological Society of Japan (ed.) On'in Kenkyuu 2007 dai 10 goo (Phonological studies 10). Tokyo: Kaitakusha. 113-118.

Presentations and Invited Talks

Akira Utsugi & Hyejin Jang (2008) "Upstep, downstep, and phonological weight in Daegu Korean: A preliminary report." The 2nd European Conference on Korean Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK. Aug. 7, 2008.

Akira Utsugi (2008b) "Gyeongsang Korean "accent" in sentence perspective." The meeting of Tokyo Circle of Phonologists, University of Tokyo, Tokyo. Jul. 27, 2008.

Akira Utsugi (2008a) "Ongoing merger of lexical tonal classes in Masan/Changwon Korean: Evidence from lexical and postlexical/intonational phenomena." Laboratory Phonology 11 Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. Jul. 1, 2008. (Proceedings pp. 143-144)

Akira Utsugi (2007d) "Tone and intonation in Seoul and Gyeongsang Korean." Centre of Korean Studies Seminar, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK. Nov. 2, 2007.

Akira Utsugi, Hyejin Jang, & Minyoung Seol (2007) "Tonal targets and their alignment in Daegu Korean." The 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Aug. 7, 2007. (Proceedings pp. 1133-1136.)

Akira Utsugi (2007c) "The interplay between lexical and postlexical tonal phenomena and the prosodic structure in Masan/Changwon Korean." ICPhS 2007 Satellite Meeting: Workshop on "Intonational Phonology: Understudied or Fieldwork Languages", Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Aug. 5, 2007.

Akira Utsugi (2006e) "Intonation and prosodic structure in Japanese and Korean." The 5th Korea-Japan Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. Dec. 9, 2006.

Akira Utsugi (2006d) [Invited Talk] "Han il yang en.e ceypangen.uy wun.yul salphyepoki: Akseynthuhayk.ul cwungsim.ulo (An overview of prosody in several dialects of Korean and Japanese, with special reference to the accent kernel)." The 1st SLIL Seminar on Phonetics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. Nov. 24, 2006.

Akira Utsugi, Hyejin Jang, & Minyoung Seol (2006) "A laboratory-phonological study of surface tone patterns in Daegu Korean: An interim report." The 133rd meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Sapporo Gakuin University, Ebetsu, Japan. Nov. 19, 2006. (Proceedings pp. 222-227.)

Akira Utsugi, Yoonshil Jeon, & Heesung Kim (2006) "The experiment of categorical perception for downtrends in Japanese and Korean." The 18th meeting of the Korean Association of Speech Sciences, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Busan, Korea. Nov. 11, 2006. (Proceedings pp. 67-76.)

Akira Utsugi (2006c) [Ph.D. Recipient's Lecture] "The accentual phrase in Seoul Korean: A reconsideration through an acoustic analysis." Phonology Forum 2006, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. August 23, 2006.

Akira Utsugi (2006a) "Choosengo souruhoogen ni okeru inritsukoozoo to picchipataan: akusentoku no difureejingu to handokuritsugatarenketsu wo chuushin ni (Prosodic structure and pitch patterns in Seoul Korean, with special reference to the dephrasing of accentual phrases and the half-independent connection)." The 214th meeting of Choosengo Kenkyuukai (the Society for Korean Linguistics in Japan), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. March 18, 2006.

Akira Utsugi (2004b) "Toogokoozoo wa purosodii no nani to taioosurunoka: choosengo souruhoogen no toogotekiaimaibun wo jiree to shite (What corresponds to syntactic structure in prosody? A case of syntactically ambiguous sentences in Seoul Korean)." The 8th meeting of Chuugokugo Higashiajiashogo Kenkyuukai (Chinese and East Asian Linguistics Circle), Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. June 6, 2004.

Akira Utsugi (2003a) "Choosengo souruhoogen ni okeru fookasuhatsuwa to chuuritsuhatsuwa no picchipataan (The pitch pattern of focused and neutral utterances in Seoul Korean: A case of the modifier-noun structure)." The 200th memorial meeting of Choosengo Kenkyuukai (the Society for Korean Linguistics in Japan), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan. September 20, 2003. (Proceedings pp.86-101.)

Akira Utsugi (2002b) "Kankokujin nihongogakushuusha no nihongo ni okeru fookasu hatsuwa to chuuritsu hatsuwa no onseiteki tokuchoo (The phonetic characteristics of focused and neutral utterances in Japanese pronounced by Korean learners: The analysis of intensity)." The 44th meeting of Nihongo Kenkyuukai, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. December 14, 2002.

Akira Utsugi (2002a) "Kankokujin nihongogakushuusha no nihongo ni okeru fookasu no onseeteki jitsugen (The phonetic realization of focus in Japanese pronounced by Korean learners)." The 65th meeting of Korea Association of Japanology, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea. August 24, 2002. (Proceedings pp.168-173.)

Keeho Kim, Eunjong Kong, Hye-sook Lee, & Akira Utsugi (2002a) "The phonological and phonetic characteristics of intonational focus realization in Japanese." The 1st International Conference on Speech Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. May 11, 2002. (Proceedings p.276.)

Akira Utsugi (2001b) "Choosengo souruhoogen ni okeru onsetsukoozoo no purosodii e no eikyoo: buntyuu no baai (Influence of syllable structure on prosody in Seoul Korean: a case of the sentence-medial environment)." The 122nd meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. June 24, 2001. (Proceedings pp.251-256.)

Kunihiro Mimatsu & Akira Utsugi (2000) "Choosengo souruhoogen no purosodii no kihonpataan ni tsuite (On basic patterns of Seoul Korean prosody)." Tsukuba Circle of Phonologists, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. November 26, 2000.