Dialect Classification of Transcribed Data Based on Mora Bigrams:

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  • 方言録音文字化資料における拍bigramから見た方言分類
  • 方言録音文字化資料における拍bigramから見た方言分類 : 岐阜・愛知方言の所属は東か西か
  • ホウゲン ロクオン モジカ シリョウ ニ オケル ハク bigram カラ ミタ ホウゲン ブンルイ : ギフ ・ アイチ ホウゲン ノ ショゾク ワ ヒガシ カ ニシ カ
  • Are <i>Gifu</i> and <i>Aichi</i> Dialects Classified into the Eastern Type or the Western Type?
  • 岐阜・愛知方言の所属は東か西か

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Several studies have classified Japanese dialects into multiple categories based on various attributes such as vocabulary, grammar, and phonology. Although analyses based on structural linguistics systematic criteria have been conducted, it would be worthwhile to perform a classification that incorporates the frequency of actual language usage in real-life activities. Hence, in this study, the frequency of mora bigrams occurring in natural discourse was employed for creating a phylogenetic tree by applying the neighbor joining method, and each dialect was thereby classified. Consequently, the dialects were classified as eastern and western, with the northern Alps being considered as the segregating border between east and west regions. Both Gifu and Aichi dialects were classified as western. Furthermore, in order to examine the characteristics of mora bigrams occurring in eastern and western dialects, comparison tests were conducted. Obtained results show that "Nda, NeR, Daka, Qte, DaQ, Dayo, Gara" in western dialects and " NaR, MoR, Rte, Hoi, N-ya, N-ja, Soya" in western dialects can be extracted as characteristic mora bigrams.

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  • Mathematical Linguistics

    Mathematical Linguistics 32 (1), 1-18, 2019-06-20

    The Mathematical Linguistic Society of Japan

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