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Historical Study on Japanese Phonology and Writing System: Evidence from a Survey on Scores of Buddhist Chants

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02568
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Japanese linguistics
Research InstitutionShimane University

Principal Investigator

ASADA Kentaro  島根大学, 学術研究院人文社会科学系, 教授 (50346045)

Project Period (FY) 2015-10-21 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords日本語史 / 日本語学 / 音韻史 / 声明 / 講式 / 連母音 / 長音 / 日本語音韻史 / 音価 / 音韻 / 仏教音楽
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on scores of Buddhist Chants, particularly the notations “合” and “ワル,” in the scores of kooshiki of the Nanzan-shin school. We carefully examined how they are actually used to confirm how Japanese long vowels and hiatuses are chanted in Kooshiki, and how they are reflected in scores of Buddhist Chants. As a result, we estimated that for Kooshiki chants, the change of [ou] to [o:] began around the early modern era from the part of fushi-hakase <角>, which has a low-level tone and no intonation.
Moreover,this study considers from a historical perspective the syllable phonotactics that construct Sino-Japanese morphemes. In the mid-12th century, there were 742 theoretically combinable syllables, 400 of which were actually used as Sino-Japanese.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来の日本語史研究において、声明譜はアクセント資料として重要な役割を果たしてきた。一方で音韻資料、音価推定資料としては、伝承音の特殊な発音が反映しているのか、日常言語が反映しているのかを客観的に判断することが難しく、必ずしも積極的に使用されている状況であるとは言いがたい。本研究は声明譜における補助記号に注目することにより、これまで知られ得なかった過去の日本語の連母音・長音の誦唱の実態の推定を行った。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2019 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 南山進流講式譜本における長音・連母音の処理について―主に記号「合」「ワル」に注目して2019

    • Author(s)
      浅田健太朗
    • Journal Title

      『島大国文』

      Volume: 36 Pages: 71-96

    • NAID

      120006644313

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 漢語形態素を構成する音節の音素配列とその変遷2015

    • Author(s)
      浅田健太朗
    • Journal Title

      日本語教育研究

      Volume: 33 Pages: 37-56

    • NAID

      120006811404

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-10-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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