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A Study of Languages and Linguistic Change in Middle-Mekong Region

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H02335
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionKobe City University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

Hayashi Norihiko  神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (40453146)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 田口 善久  千葉大学, 大学院人文科学研究院, 教授 (10291303)
加藤 昌彦  慶應義塾大学, 言語文化研究所(三田), 教授 (30290927)
Badenoch Nathan  京都大学, 国際戦略本部, 特定准教授 (50599884)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Keywordsメコン川 / チベット・ビルマ諸語 / タイ・カダイ諸語 / ミャオ・ヤオ諸語 / オーストロアジア諸語 / 言語接触 / 記述言語学 / 歴史言語学 / メコン川中流域 / 言語変容 / メコン / 東南アジア / 言語変化 / フィールド言語学 / モン・クメール諸語 / 東南アジア諸語 / 東南アジア大陸部 / 言語類型論 / メコン中流域 / 動物相 / 少数言語 / 地域言語学 / 地域特徴
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The languages of the Tibetan-Burman, Tai-Kadai, Miao-Yao, and Austroasiatic families in the midstream region of the Mekong River are all critically endangered, yet they have not received as much attention in descriptive and historical linguistics research compared to other language groups. In this project, we conducted fieldwork to collect data on languages such as Jino, Akeu, Lolopho, Karen, Miao, Saek, and Bit. Based on this data, we documented the historical phonological changes and the lexicon related to fauna for each language, culminating in the publication of a three-volume series of papers. Additionally, we organized international workshops in Kyoto and Kobe, facilitating interactions and collaborations with researchers beyond the domestic and international members of our research team.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

メコン川中流域の諸言語は、その語族を問わず、大言語と比較して研究データの蓄積が乏しく、研究者も限られている現状にある。本研究課題では、代表者、分担者、協力者が協力して現地調査を行い、歴史言語学的な分析を通じて、これまで記述されていなかった新たな情報を収集することに成功した。また、この地域の言語群における音韻、形態、統語的な歴史的変化を部分的に解明することができた。これにより、文字を持たない社会が大半を占める本地域の言語について、貴重なデータを残すことができ、将来的にはこれらの言語の背景にある歴史学的・人類学的分析の基礎を築くことができたと考えられる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (63 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (31 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Open Access: 17 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results) Presentation (32 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] An analysis of Lae Kwekaw, an "ancient" Karen script2024

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 55 Pages: 25-48

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 漢字による中国西南や東南アジア言語音の表記2023

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Journal Title

      漢字文化辞典

      Volume: 1 Pages: 546-547

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 「否定現象の類型的特徴を目指してーアジア諸語を主軸にー」2023

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Journal Title

      『言語の類型的特徴対照研究会論集』

      Volume: 6 Pages: 1-28

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Letalanyah: A Buddhist writing system of Sgaw Karen.2023

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 54 Pages: 27-52

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Sketch of the Mammal Terms in Muang Sing Lolopho-with Reference to Dialectal Comparison2022

    • Author(s)
      Norihiko Hayashi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 99-125

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Eastern Pwo Karen Verbs in 'Up' and 'Down'2022

    • Author(s)
      Atsuhiko Kato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 143-176

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ポー・カレン語の事象キャンセル2022

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Journal Title

      『東南アジア大陸部諸言語の事象キャンセル』

      Volume: 1 Pages: 167-188

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Note on taA/t@A in Lan Hmyo2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihisa Taguchi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 177-186

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Continuity and Chang in the Duodenary Cycle: Language Contact in the Laos-China Border Area2022

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch and Norihiko Hayashi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 127-142

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] "Crocodiles and dragons": Fauna and Folklore in the Forests of Northern Laos2022

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 37-55

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] naang nok ku@k kap cngas: Lady Bulbul and the Ngeuak2022

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 57-97

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Comparative and Historical Glimpses of the Lacertilia (Lizards) in Tai: A Reconstructive Problematic2022

    • Author(s)
      James R. Chamberlain
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Research Institute

      Volume: 63 Pages: 1-35

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A note on the quantifier float in Pwo Karen2020

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      eports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 51 Pages: 173-188

    • NAID

      40022184145

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 「日本語の起源とチベット・ビルマ諸語-パーカーと西田龍雄の研究-」2020

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Journal Title

      『日本語「起源」論の歴史と展望-日本語の起源はどのように論じられてきたか-』

      Volume: 1 Pages: 53-82

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] "Pwo Karen."2019

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area

      Volume: 1 Pages: 131-175

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] "Karen and surrounding languages."2019

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 123-150

    • NAID

      120006950889

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Notes on Faunal Terms in At Samart Saek2019

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi, Norihiko
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 97-119

    • NAID

      120006950888

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Ethnopoetics of Sida Animal Names2019

    • Author(s)
      Badenoch, Nathan
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 39-73

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] On Two Venitive Verbs in Lan Hmyo2019

    • Author(s)
      Taguchi, Yoshihisa
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 169-179

    • NAID

      120006950891

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Animal Nomenclature in Jinghpaw2019

    • Author(s)
      Kurabe, Keita
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 75-95

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The word for 'snake' in Themarou, Bolyu, Bit, Kra, Jiamao, and Oceanic: A Lapita Connection?2019

    • Author(s)
      Chamberlain, James
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 1-38

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Differences between the Tay and Nung Languages in the Trang Dinh District of Lang Son Province2019

    • Author(s)
      Hirano, Ayaka
    • Journal Title

      Topics in Middle Mekong Linguistics (Journal of Research Institute)

      Volume: 60 Pages: 151-167

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 「ポー・カレン語の使役と逆使役」2019

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Journal Title

      池田巧(編)『シナ=チベット系諸言語の文法現象2 使役の諸相』

      Volume: 2 Pages: 181-203

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The middle marker in Pwo Karen.2019

    • Author(s)
      Atsuhiko, Kato
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 50 Pages: 21-62

    • NAID

      120006650270

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 中国云南省孟力崙阿克語的音系簡介2019

    • Author(s)
      林範彦、高翔
    • Journal Title

      神戸外大論叢

      Volume: 70 Pages: 37-66

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Translating the State: Ethnic Language Radio in the Lao PDR2018

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Contemporary Asia

      Volume: 48(5) Issue: 5 Pages: 783-807

    • DOI

      10.1080/00472336.2018.1462888

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] "Entailed and intended results in Japanese and Burmese accomplishment verbs."2018

    • Author(s)
      Kato Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Handbook of Japanese Contrastive Linguitics

      Volume: 0 Pages: 173-192

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] "Burmese."2018

    • Author(s)
      Kato Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Levels in Clause Linkage: A Crosslinguistic Survey

      Volume: 0 Pages: 571-613

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] "How did Haudricourt reconstruct Proto-Karen tones?"2018

    • Author(s)
      Kato Atsuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 49 Pages: 21-44

    • NAID

      40021514749

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] On the Buyuan Jino Noun Phrase Structure.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi, Norihiko
    • Journal Title

      『東京大学言語学論集』

      Volume: 39 Pages: 71-88

    • NAID

      120006466721

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Sketch of the Buyuan Jino Case-Marking System.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi, Norihiko
    • Journal Title

      『神戸外大論叢』

      Volume: 68 Pages: 181-202

    • NAID

      120006483525

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Fabienne Martin の論文 "Non-culminating accomplishments" (2017)を読む2024

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      東南アジア諸言語研究会 (慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] カレン語研究における私の失敗2024

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      東京外国語大学アジアAA研共同利用・共同研究課題「『失敗』のフィールド言語学」 (東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所)・アフリカ言語文化研究所
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Phonological Sketch of Akha Kopien.2023

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi, Norihiko
    • Organizer
      The 56th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 「漢語方言の否定現象の類型: 東アジア諸語における位置付け」2023

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Organizer
      日本中国語学会関西・四国支部例会2023年度第2回
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] インド系文字2023

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所2024年度公開講座『東南アジアの文字』
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Plural Markers in Youle Jino and Lolo-Burmese2022

    • Author(s)
      Norihiko Hayashi
    • Organizer
      The 55th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lae Kwe Kaw: A new "ancient" writing system of Karen2022

    • Author(s)
      Atsuhiko Kato
    • Organizer
      The 55th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Why do you put something when you say you take it?2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihisa Taguchi
    • Organizer
      The 55th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Negation in Pwo Karen.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Organizer
      STL meeting, at Kyoto University.
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Loanwords in Karen from a historical perspective.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Organizer
      the Mekong Linguistics Meeting, Keio University.
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mermaid construction in Burmese.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Atsuhiko
    • Organizer
      Theoretical Linguistics at Keio 2019-- Myanmar Linguistics, State of the Art.
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Notes on Faunal Terms in At Samart Saek.2019

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi, Norihiko
    • Organizer
      he 29th Annual Meeting of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society.
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] /bi/ in Menglun Akeu: “GIVE” and voice in Loloish.2019

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi, Norihiko
    • Organizer
      the 52nd International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] チノ語および周辺言語における “evidentiality strategies” の諸問題2019

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Organizer
      語の類型的特徴をとらえる対照研究会 第11回公開発表会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「ポー・カレン語の事象キャンセル」2019

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      東南アジア諸言語研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「ポー・カレン語の「文語体」について」2019

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      文法の動的体系性を探る(1):文法の多重性と分散性
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Phonological Sketch of Akha Chicho.2019

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Organizer
      The 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics.
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “Survey of Northern Mon-Khmer Expressives”2019

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      Expressives Kaken Final Partners Meeting
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “Dictionary of Mundari Expressives: Building a Comparative Lexicon”2019

    • Author(s)
      Osada Toshiki and Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      Expressives Kaken Final Partners Meeting, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「ポー・カレン語の数量詞遊離」2018

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      メコン川中流域を中心とした諸言語の言語実態と変容プロセスの研究 2018年度第1回研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Anticausative in Pwo Karen.2018

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      The 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics,
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “Expressives as Moral Propositions in Mundari”2018

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch, Nishaant Choksi and Madhu Purti
    • Organizer
      40th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “Word Formation in the Sida Fauna Lexicon”2018

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      メコン川中流域を中心とした諸言語の言語実態と変容プロセスの研究 2018年度第1回研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] COME and GO in Hmong-Mien2018

    • Author(s)
      田口善久
    • Organizer
      International Seminar on Languages and Linguistics in Middle Mekong Region
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] How did Haudricourt reconstruct Proto-Karen tones?2018

    • Author(s)
      Kato Atsuhiko
    • Organizer
      International Seminar on Languages and Linguistics in Middle Mekong Region
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ビルマ語の事象キャンセル2018

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      東南アジア諸言語研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “The Pramic Fauna Lexicon”2018

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      Special Workshop on Faunal Lexicons in Mainland Southeast Asia
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “Bit Morphology: Productive processes and transparent fossils”2018

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      International Seminar on Languages and Linguistics in Middle Mekong Region
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「隣接言語との関係から見たカレン語の語順と借用語」2017

    • Author(s)
      加藤昌彦
    • Organizer
      メコン川中流域を中心とした諸言語の言語実態と変容プロセスの研究 研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 「中国および周辺領域のチベット・ビルマ諸語の参照文法書と諸問題」2017

    • Author(s)
      林範彦
    • Organizer
      東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所共同利用「参照文法書研究」研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “Silence, cessation and stasis: Animating ‘absence’ in Bit expressives”2017

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      017 Annual Conference of the American Anthropology Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] “The Bit-Khang Complex”2017

    • Author(s)
      Nathan Badenoch
    • Organizer
      International Seminar on Mon-Khmer Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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