• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Study of Linguistic and Cultural Changes among the Native People in Southern Taiwan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02041019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionField Research
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

TSUCHIDA Shigeru  The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters, Department of Linguistics (Professor), 文学部, 教授 (90014505)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KASAHARA Masaharu  Yokohama National University, Faculty of Education (Associate Professor), 教育学部, 助教授 (70130747)
MORIGUCHI Tsunekazu  Yokohama National University, Faculty of Education (Associate Professor), 教育学部, 助教授 (10145279)
Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1991)
Budget Amount *help
¥10,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥5,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
KeywordsAustronesian / Formosan Native Languages / Sinicized Language Groups / Siraya / Thao / Kavalan / Bunun / Tsou / Kanakanabu / Paiwan / カバラン族 / プユマ族 / 文化変容
Research Abstract

This two-year project aims at revealing the linguistic and cultural changes in Formosa, focusing especially on Thao, Kavalan, Siraya, Bunun, Kanakanabu, and Paiwan. Thao is spoken perhaps by about twenty to thirty people around Sun-Moon Lake in Nantou Province, and is apparently on verge of extinction. Kavalan is spoken on the east coast of Formosa by about five hundred people of over thirty years old. Tsuchida could collect linguistic data of these two languages. Siraya, however, seems to have become totally extinct. In spite of our great effort we could not find any old men and women who still remember the language. Kanakanabu, also known as southern Tsou, is another ethnic group which is losing their own culture and language. Kasahara investigated Kanakanabu and Raval subgroup of Paiwan from the standpoint of cultural anthropology. Culturally the former has been affected much by the surrounding Bunun, and the latter by the Taiwanese. Moriguchi conducted fieldwork on the northern dialect of Bunun, which retains the oldest feature of Bunun lost in all other Bunun dialects. The results of our investigation will be published by the end of next fiscal year.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1991 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1990 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All Other

All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] 笠原 政治: "出産をめぐる台湾ルカイ民族の社会慣行" 横浜国立大学人文紀要(第1類). 38. (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 土田 滋,山田 幸宏・森口 恒一: "Linguistic Materials of the Formosan Sincized Populations I:Siraya and Basai" 東京大学文学部, 257 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] KASAHARA, Masaharu: "The social implications of childbirth among the Rukai (in Japanese)" The Humanities : Journal of the Yokohama National University, Section 1. 38. (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] TSUCHIDA, S., MORIGUCHI, T., and YAMADA, Y.: Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo. Linguistic Materials on Sinicized Language groups in Formosa (1) : Siraya and Basai., 250 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 笠原 政治: "出産をめぐる台湾ルカイ民族の社会慣行" 横浜国立大学人文紀要(第1類). 38. (1992)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 土田 滋,山田 幸宏,森口 恒一: "Linguistic Materials of the Formosan Sincized Populations I;Siraya and Basai" 東京大学文学部, 257 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kasahara,Masaharu: "Parturition,Child Recognition and Social Stratification among the Rukai of Southern Taiwan." Kinship,Gender and the Cosmic World;Ethnography of Birth Customs in Taiwan,the Philippines and Indonesia.3-27 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tsuchida,S.,T.Moriguchi & Y.Yamada: "Linguistic Materials of thd Formosan Sinicized Populations I:Siraya and Basai." Department of Linguistics,Faculty of Letters,University of Tokyo., -250 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 1990-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi