| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
An fMRI experiment was conducted to clarify the brain mechanisms involved in the grammatical processing of Japanese Sign Language (JSL) and Signed Japanese (SJ) by observing the brain activity of sign language speakers understanding JSL or SJ. SJ is defined as expression using words borrowed from JSL in accordance with Japanese linguistic structures. In addition, since SJ does not have Non Manual Markers with grammatical functions, it is highly likely that SJ will be perceived by JSL as unnatural and akin to gestures. In this way, there is a significant difference between SJ and JSL in whether there is an NMM responsible for <grammatical functions>. The experiment confirmed significant brain activity in the left angular gyrus when understanding JSL compared to JS. The angular gyrus is known as a region related to sign language comprehension. The results of this study proved from a scientific viewpoint that JSL is a language with grammatical functions like Japanese and English.
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