Integrating Language Change in Time and Space: Applying Geographical Information System (GIS) and Statistic Modelling to Historical Linguistics

• Project/Area Number: 18KK0012
• Research Category: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 2:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: 菊澤 律子 国立民族学博物館, 人類基礎理論研究部, 教授 (90272616)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 村脇 有吾 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 准教授 (70616606) ; 持橋 大地 統計数理研究所, 数理・推論研究系, 准教授 (80418508) ; 吉岡 乾 国立民族学博物館, 人類基礎理論研究部, 准教授 (20725345) ; 佐野 文哉 京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 客員研究員 (00965501)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-10-09 – 2025-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,170,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: Language GIS / 地理情報システム / 方言データベース / 言語変化と空間 / 言語分布と時間軸 / ジオ・リファレンス / 手書き地図データの電子化 / 言語変化 / ヒトの移動誌 / フィジー語 / 言語接触

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

・「国際シンポジウム・ワークショップ　“GISを用いて言語情報と非言語情報をつなぐ”」（https://www.minpaku.ac.jp/ai1ec_event/46676）の実施
以下との３プロジェクト合同で開催。言語データの分析手法について、伝統的な手法による分析の概観からGISをはじめとする情報システムツールを用いた非言語情報との組み合わせ方まで、現状の確認と将来の見通しについて議論した。
／学術変革領域研究(A)「考古関連情報基盤の整備」（代表者　渡部展也）／移住と言語接触を視野に入れた漢語全時代形成史の歴史地理言語学的研究（代表者　遠藤光暁）
・研究用システムのプロトタイプの開発　地理情報と言語情報を紐づけることで、地点を軸として、テキスト、音声、映像、また、構造化・非構造化データ等、あらゆる種類の言語データを一元に閲覧し、分析できるシステムを開発。分析研究者が入力し、データを使って分析し、結果をダウンロードできるシステムのプロトタイプとなっている。
・手書き地図のデータ取り込み　上記２点と連動した各種データ入力等を実施した。

Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

データの構築等については順調に進んでおり、地理言語学における新しいツールの活用方法などについてもめどが立ってきた。最終年度には、ここに時間軸をどのように組み込むかが課題となる。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

・現在のツールに、さらに時間軸を組み込む方法について研究を進める。
・現地政府や教育機関との連携を強化し、本プロジェクトの持続性について検討する。
・後継プロジェクトについて計画を立てる。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] University of the South Pacific(フィジー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Massey University(ニュージーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of the South Pacific(フィジー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Massey University(ニュージーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Massey University(ニュージーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] The University of the South Pacific/iTaukei Trust Fund Board(フィジー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Massey University(ニュージーランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of the South Pacific/iTaukei Trust Fund Board(フィジー)
• [Journal Article] 自他交替とヴォイスの相関についての類型論的考察 (2023)
  • Author(s): 岡本進
  • Journal Title: 日本言語学会第167回大会予稿集 Volume: 2023 Pages: 528-533
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Introduction (2022)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko and Sano Fumiya
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 1-6
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Indigenous Languages of Fiji: An Overview (2022)
  • Author(s): Paul Geraghty
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 9-24
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A Mismatch between Phonology and Grammar in Vatulele Fijian (2022)
  • Author(s): Okamoto Susumu
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 25-40
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A Pilot Study on the Regional and Ethnic Variations in Fiji Sign Language: Comparing Eastern and Western Viti Levu (2022)
  • Author(s): Sano Fumiya
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 40-56
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Potential Applications of GIS for Linguistic Data (2022)
  • Author(s): John H. Lowry
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 59-74
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Linguistic Mapping and Historical Analyses: Vertical and Horizontal Transmission and Potential GIS Application (2022)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 75-100
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Developing a Fijian Language Geographic Information System (2022)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko and John H. Lowry
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 101-118
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] A Pilot Research on Kadavu Data for the Fijian Language GIS Project (2022)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 119-135
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A Fijian Drama Performance at Minpaku (2022)
  • Author(s): Niwa Norio
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 139-148
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Potentials of a Fijian Language Exhibition Based on Fijian GIS Data (2022)
  • Author(s): Apolonia Tamata
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 149-158
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Appendix A: Geraghty's 100 Wordlist (2022)
  • Author(s): (Kikusawa Ritsuko and Paul Geraghty)
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 159-162
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Appendix B: Details of the Research That Follows (2022)
  • Author(s): (Kikusawa Ritsuko)
  • Journal Title: Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation, Senri Ethnological Studies Volume: 108 Pages: 163-172
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Predicative Possession in Fijian (2022)
  • Author(s): Okamoto, Susumu
  • Journal Title: Shigen Volume: 17 Pages: 49-61
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] 方言群の時空間動態の統計的モデル化に向けての予備的考察 (2021)
  • Author(s): 村脇 有吾
  • Journal Title: 木部 暢子, 林 由華, 衣畑 智秀編. フィールドと文献から見る日琉諸語の系統と歴史 Volume: 108 Pages: 163-187
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Latent Geographical Factors for Analyzing the Evolution of Dialects in Contact (2020)
  • Author(s): Murawaki Yugo
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing Volume: - Pages: 959-976
  • DOI: 10.18653/v1/2020.emnlp-main.69
  • NAID: 130007998399
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 基本語順の歴史的変化の数理モデル (2020)
  • Author(s): 村脇 有吾
  • Journal Title: 数学セミナー Volume: 2020.3 Pages: 36-40
• [Presentation] Pronouns in Fijian Languages: Using Map Data for Analyses (2023)
  • Author(s): Okamoto Susumu
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Show and Tell Session 2: JSPS Kikusawa Project: On-going GIS data (β version, available online) (2023)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko and John Lowry
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Process of Data Creation and Converting Analogue Data to Digital Format (2023)
  • Author(s): Yotsui Keisuke
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Data: A Case Study and Potentials of Future GIS (2023)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Why Do We Need an Entity Relationship (ER) Diagram? Making Future GIS Versatile (2023)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko and Watanabe Nobuya
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] FIJI GIS: A Pilot Study (Geographical and Technical Aspects) (2023)
  • Author(s): John Lowry
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] FIJI GIS: A Pilot Study (Linguistic Aspects) (2023)
  • Author(s): Paul Geraghty
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Toward Statistical Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Dialects (2023)
  • Author(s): Murawaki Yugo
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analyzing Color Terms in Fijian languages Using GIS Data (2023)
  • Author(s): Apolonia TAMATA
  • Organizer: International Symposium and Workshop "Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information"
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] フィジー語バトゥレレ方言の名詞抱合 (2022)
  • Author(s): 岡本進
  • Organizer: TUFSグローバル・スタディーズ学会 2022年度（第三回）大会
• [Presentation] The Fijian Language GIS Project (2022)
  • Author(s): Lowry, J., P. Geraghty and R. Kikusawa
  • Organizer: New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference 2022. Wellington, NZ, 29-20, 2022.
• [Presentation] 「ガウス過程と自然言語処理」 (2021)
  • Author(s): 持橋大地
  • Organizer: 言語処理学会第27回年次大会チュートリアルT1
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Fiji language maps: How they were made and how to read them (2020)
  • Author(s): Paul Geraghty
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Nasarowaqa communalect (2020)
  • Author(s): Apolonia Tamata
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Web Mapping: Analytical web map vs. Online thematic atlas (2020)
  • Author(s): John Lowry
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Linguistic mapping and historical analyses: Vertical and horizontal transmission and potential GIS applications (2020)
  • Author(s): Ritsuko Kikusawa
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Relaxing the tree constraint (2020)
  • Author(s): Yugo Murawaki
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Kinship term in Fijian Sign Language: A comparison with the Fijian Language (2020)
  • Author(s): Fumiya Sano
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Possessive construction in Vatulele Fijian (2020)
  • Author(s): Susumu Okamoto
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Spatial Gaussian processes for multinominal observations (2020)
  • Author(s): Daichi Mochihashi
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages Symposium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] フィジー語の叙述所有について (2020)
  • Author(s): 岡本進
  • Organizer: 日本言語学会第158回大会
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 方言群の時空間解析にむけて: フィジー語を例に (2019)
  • Author(s): 村脇 有吾
  • Organizer: 新学術領域・ヤポネシアゲノム・言語班2018年度第2回研究集会
• [Presentation] Toward Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Dialects of Fijian (2019)
  • Author(s): MURAWAKI Yugo
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Presentation] Linguists’ Wishes in Developing a Fijian Language GIS (2019)
  • Author(s): KIKUSAWA Ritsuko
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Presentation] Indigenous Languages of Fiji: An Overview (2019)
  • Author(s): Paul GERAGHTY
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Presentation] A Mismatch between Phonology and Grammar in Vatulele Fijian (2019)
  • Author(s): OKAMOTO Susumu
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Presentation] SANO Fumiya (2019)
  • Author(s): SANO Fumiya
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Presentation] Fijian Belief and Practice Perceived through Language: damu and Related Concepts (2019)
  • Author(s): Apolonia TAMATA
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Presentation] Potential Applications of GIS for Linguistic Data (2019)
  • Author(s): John LOWRY
  • Organizer: Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project
• [Book] Fijian Language, Culture, and Their Representation (2022)
  • Author(s): Kikusawa Ritsuko and Sano Fumiya (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 182
  • Publisher: National Museum of Ethnology
  • ISBN: 9784906962990
• [Remarks] 地理歴史言語学分析ツールの開発
  • URL: https://gis.languagescience.jp/
• [Remarks] The Fijian Language GIS Web Map and Database
  • URL: https://arcg.is/1my5L5
• [Remarks] Fijian Communalects
  • URL: https://svcs-eaglegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3f82a75b09e140e3a48a8bffda24d22b
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/research/activity/news/rm/20190326
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/research/activity/news/rm/20190326
• [Funded Workshop] . International Symposium and Workshop “Compiling GIS for Integrating Linguistic and Non-linguistic Information” (2024)
• [Funded Workshop] Fijian Languages Symposium and Satellite Workshops, Massey University, Palmerston North New Zealand (2020)
• [Funded Workshop] Fijian Languages, Maps and Beyond: An Interim Report of the Fijian Language GIS (Geographic Information System) Project (2019)