A Study of the Corpus of Kidawida in Southeast Kenya

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19520709
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Cultural anthropology/Folklore
Research Institution	Shobi University
Principal Investigator	SAKAMOTO Kunihiko Shobi University, 総合政策学部, 教授 (20215643)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords	アフリカ / タイタ / 言語 / 文化人類学
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to analyze the corpus of Kidawida in anthropological perspective. The following is the recording of patterns of discourse : a) 2000 Kidawida basic vocabularies, b) Kidawida grammar, c) narrative magic in Taita, d) Kidawida textbook in primary school. These results will be basic research items to analyze the extinction of languages in many parts of the world.