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A Study of Inter-language/dialect variation of Japanese dialects

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13410139
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 言語学・音声学
Research InstitutionKagoshima University

Principal Investigator

OTA Ichiro  Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities, Professor, 法文学部, 教授 (60203783)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKANO Shoji  Hokusei Gakuen University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (00285503)
MATSUDA Kenjiro  Kobe Shoin Women's University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40263636)
HIBIYA Junko  International Christian University, The College of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養学部, 準教授 (70199016)
SUKEGAWA Yasuhiko  Tohoku University, International Student Center, Associate Professor, 留学生センター, 助教授 (70241560)
NIKAIDO Hitoshi  Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University, Faculty of Humanities, Associate Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (60221470)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥4,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥8,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,200,000)
KeywordsLanguage Variation / Variation Theory / Inter-language / dialect / Sociolinguistics / Language learning / Language contact / Language Change / Dialect Contact / バリエーション / 言語変容 / 恒速度仮説 / 長母音短縮 / 韻律変異 / 格助詞脱落 / 日系カナダ人の日本語と英語 / 男女・世代差 / 方言変容
Research Abstract

This project aimed at investigating a type of language variation called 'inter-language/-dialect' which is observed in dialects of Japanese. The main conclusions and focus points are as follows : (1)The effect of speakers' social variables on the sentence final prosody is discussed, based on the findings of an auditory experiment. It is suggested that young speakers seem to establish a new norm for using pitch accent patterns. (2)From the variation analysis of the speech of 2^<nd> and 3^<rd> generation Japanese Canadians, social factors such as phase of migration, age of migration, and social network in residential areas, are seen to have strong effects on the change of their speech. (3)The Extended Constant Rate Hypothesis is proposed by re-investigating the relationship between language change and age-grading which is observed in zero-marking of the accusative case amongst Tokyo Japanese. (4)Considering the prosody of Hokkaido dialect in spontaneous discourse, we find that it is the register that causes the variation of prosodic emphasis placed on the negative nai. (5)By comparing the results of other surveys with the data on natural discourse of Fukuoka dialect collected by this project, we find that some contextual factors are relevant to the use of dialectal features. (6)The process of prosody acquisition in the case of super-learners of Japanese is investigated, in terms of the differences in the course of acquiring the pitch accent of compound nouns between native Japanese speakers and learners of Japanese. (7)Attempts are made to identify inter-dialectal features in Minami Daito Jima and the Bonin Islands. The linguistic system of the former dialect shows evidence of inter-dialectal features caused by contact between Ryukyu dialect and Hachijo dialect. Meanwhile, Bonin island dialect is proved to have a system derived-from language contact between Bonin English and Bonin-koine Japanese.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All Other

All Publications (22 results)

  • [Publications] Ota, Ichiro: "Speakers' Variable and Tonal Variation in a Dialect Contact Situation"音声研究. 6-3. 12-24 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 日比谷潤子: "言語変異の地理的差異"音声研究. 6-3. 60-68 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Matsuda, Kenjiro: "Constant Rate Hypothesis, Age-grading and Apparent Time Construct"Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. 9-3. 123-134 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takano, Shoji: "A Variationist Study of Prosodic Focus in Naturally Occurring Interactions : the Case of the Negative "-Nai" in Hokkaido Japanese."音声研究. 6-3. 25-47 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 助川泰彦: "宮城県内定住外国人配偶者の日本語学習に関する実態調査"東北大学留学生センター紀要. 6. 31-36 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 松田謙次郎: "言語資料としての国会会議録検索システム"Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Kobe Shoin. 7. 55-82 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] ロング・ダニエル: "島の言語の二つの顔-接触と孤立のはざまで"月刊言語. 33.1. 42-50 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中井精一, ダニエル・ロング, 橋本直幸, 朝日祥之: "南洋プランテーション社会における方言接触-南大東島のフィールドワークをもとに"日本方言研究会第77回研究発表会発表原稿集. 57-65 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ota, Ichiro.: "Speakers' Variable and Tonal Variation in a Dialect Contact Situation."Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan. 6-3. 12-24 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hibiya, Junko.: "Regional Differences in Language Variation."Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan. 6-3. 60-68 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Matsuda, Kenjiro.: "Constant Rate Hypothesis, Age-grading and Apparent Time Construct."Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. 9-3. 123-134 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takano, Shoji.: "A Variationist Study of Prosodic Focus in Naturally Occurring Interactions : the Case of the Negative "-Nai" in Hokkaido Japanese."Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan. 6-3. 25-47 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sukegawa, Yasuhiko.: "An Investigation on actual conditions of learners of Japanese : Cases of foreign spouses in Miyagi Prefecture"Journal of International Student Center. 6. 31-36 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Matsuda, Kenjiro.: "The on-line full-text database of the Minutes of the Diet : Its potentials and limitations"Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Kobe Shoin. 7. 55-82 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Long, Daniel.: "Two faces of language in islands : Contact and isolation"Gengo. 33.1. 42-50 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nakai, Sei-ichi, Long, Daniel, Hashimoto, Naoyuki, Asahi, Yoshiyuki.: "Dialect Contact in the plantation society of Minami Daito Jima."The proceedings of 77^<th> meeting of the Dialect Society of Japan. 57-65 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高野照司: "言語変異理論再考〜「相関主義」なる誤解と説明能力"社会言語科学会第13回研究大会発表原稿集. (印刷中). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 松田謙次郎: "言語資料としての国会会議録検索システム"Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Kobe Shoin. No.7. 55-82 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 松田謙次郎: "「拡大恒速度仮説とは何か」ワークショップ「変異理論は「相関主義」的か?:言語変異理論の新たな展開」"第13回社会言語科学会研究大会発表原稿集. (印刷中). (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ichiro Ota: "Speakers' Varialbes and Tnal Variation in a Dialect Contact Situation"音声研究. 6巻3号. 12-24 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 日比谷潤子: "言語変異の地理的差異"音声研究. 6巻3号. 60-68 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kenjiro Matsuda: "Constant Rate Hypothesis, Age-grading and Apparent Time Construct"Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. 9巻3号. (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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