Ongoing Funded Projects (PI or Co-PI)
2021.12-2027.3. Microvariation in Bantu languages of South Africa: Building theories from typology data [JSAntu] PI: Seunghun Lee (Kakenhi (B) 21KK0005)
2025.4.1-2030.3.31 Creating Resources for Linguistic Research based on Descriptive: Materials: Exploring the Frontier of Data-driven Linguistic Investigation (アジア・アフリカのフィールド資料の研究資源化：言語研究の新地平の開拓に向けて) PI: Kurebito Tokusu, Co-PIs: Seunghun Lee, Daisuke Shinagawa etc. (Kakenhi (A) 25H00465)
2023.4-2028.3. The Parameter-driven approach to cross-Bantu typology: Exploring the variation and universals in Bantu languages [Pacrobat] PI: Daisuke Shinagawa, Co-PIs: Lee, Yoneda, Furumoto, (Kakenhi (B) 23K25319)
2024.4-2028.3. Audiphon (Auditory models for automatic prediction of phonation) PI: Julian Villegas, Co-PIs: Lee (Kakenhi (C) 24K03872)
2024.4-2027.3 AA研共同利用・共同研究課題 「Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives: Phase 2」 The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (jrp000294) (PI: Lee, Hosted by Keita Kurabe)
2024.4-2027.3 AA研共同利用・共同研究課題 「Diachronic Perspectives on Language Description and Typology in Bantu」 The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (jrp000292) (PI: Makoto Furumoto, hosted by Daisuke, Shinagawa; I am a member)
Affiliated Domestic Projects
2017.4-2025.3. 日本語音韻特性への数量的アプローチ （川原プロジェクト） Keio University (Member, Lee)
A study on the Hateruma Dialect (with Dr. Reiko Aso, Meio University 名桜大学)
Other Collaborative Projects
Nuosu Yi (Tibeto-Burman) with Shen Hong
Drenjongke (Tibeto-Burman) with Kunzang Namgyal and Jigmee Wangchuk Bhutia
Kiribati (Micronesian) with Tekonnang Timee
Burmese and Jinghpaw (Tibeto-Burman) with Keita Kurabe and Roi Sumlut
Database and Archive
Bantu Microvariation Digital Archive (https://renelda.aa-ken.jp/)
Digital Archive of "Phonetics, Phonology and New Orthographies in Roman and Indigenous Script: Helping Native Language Communities in the Himalayas" (https://phophono.aa-ken.jp/)
Bantu Language Digital Archive (https://bantudarc.aa-ken.jp/)
Nuosu Yi Digital Archive (https://nyda.aa-ken.jp/)
"Effects of Syntactic Constituency on Phonology and Phonetics of Tone” Digital Archive (ECPPT) (https://ecppt.aa-ken.jp)
Health Questionnaire Digital Archive (HealthQDA) (https://healthqda.aa-ken.jp/)
Past projects
2021.12-2027.3. Microvariation in Bantu languages of South Africa: Building theories from typology data [JSAntu] PI: Seunghun Lee (Kakenhi (B) 21KK0005)
¥18,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
2025.4.1-2030.3.31 アジア・アフリカのフィールド資料の研究資源化：言語研究の新地平の開拓に向けて PI: Kurebito Tokusu, Co-PIs: Seunghun Lee, Daisuke Shinagawa etc. (Kakenhi (A) 25H00465)
¥59,930,000 (Direct Cost: ¥46,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥13,830,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥12,740,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,940,000)
2023.4-2028.3. The Parameter-driven approach to cross-Bantu typology: Exploring the variation and universals in Bantu languages [Pacrobat] PI: Daisuke Shinagawa, Co-PIs: Lee, Yoneda, Furumoto, (Kakenhi (B) 23K25319)
¥18,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2027: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
2024.4-2028.3. Audiphon (Auditory models for automatic prediction of phonation) PI: Julian Villegas, Co-PIs: Lee (Kakenhi (C) 24K03872)
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
2023.4-2025.3. Aging effects on real-time complex sentence processing by crosslinguistically comparing Korean and Japanese 複文のリアルタイム文処理における年齢の影響：韓国語と日本語の比較から. JSPS Bilateral Grant with NRF of Korea in 2023 令和5年度(2023年度) 独立行政法人日本学術振興会韓国との共同研究(NRF) [JPJSBP120238812]
2018.4. - 2023.3. A non-invasive test for diagnosing cognition in three SOV languages: Japanese, Korean and Bodo [SOV] PI: Tomoyuki Yoshida, Co-PI: Seunghun Lee (Kakenhi (C) 18K00546)
2019.4 - 2023.3. 多言語による日本語学用語辞典および日琉諸語の用例に対するグロス規範の作成 [JLINC] PI: Matthew Zisk (Yamagata U), one of the Co-PIs: Seunghun Lee
2020.4-2023.3. A crosslinguistic study of prosody of particles: Japanese and Bantu languages [POP] PI: Seunghun Lee (Kakenhi (C) 20K00578)
2020.4-2023.3 PSYPHON: Psychoacoustic features for Phonation prediction [PSYPHON] Co-PI: Seunghun J. Lee (Kakenhi (C) 20K11956)
2021.4-2024.3 AA研共同利用・共同研究課題 「Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives」 The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Lee)
2021.8.1-2022.7.31. 令和３年度（2021年度）共同利用型共同研究（登録型）「日本語の有声性の対立への複数の音響指標の影響」 NINJAL (Lee) [host researcher at NINJAL: Yosuke Igarashi]