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A descriptive study of endangered varieties of the nDrapa language

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K00543
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo (2021-2023)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2020)
University of Tsukuba (2019)

Principal Investigator

Satoko Shirai  東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 講師 (70372555)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywordsダパ語 / 危機言語 / 現地調査 / 言語地図 / 国際連携 / 記述言語学 / 地理言語学 / 方言
Outline of Research at the Start

ダパ語は中国西南部の少数民族地帯において約8千人の人々によって話される言語である。書記体系はない。近年、ダム建設による移住や急速な漢語化など、社会的環境変化に伴い、消滅の危機に瀕している。一部の方言については、語彙集や文法概説など部分的な研究がなされているものの、文法の全容を記述した文法書や、全方言を視野に入れた方言資料集などは存在しない。ダパ語とはどのような言語か、それを明らかにするには、今、十分な調査研究を実施する必要がある。本研究課題は、ダパ語方言資料のドキュメンテーション、文法の包括的記述、方言分布の歴史的形成過程の検討を行い、ダパ語の全体像を明らかにしようとするものである。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has yielded groundbreaking insights into dialects of the nDrapa language, which were previously undocumented. We conducted field research and advanced the documentation of this language. We compiled a targeted vocabulary collection for 15 dialect variants from both primary and secondary sources, laying the groundwork for further linguistic analysis. Through geolinguistic analysis of the nDrapa dialects, we have classified the dialect groups into three main regions: southern, central, and northern. This classification also revealed a dialect continuum within these regions. Additionally, using primary sources from the Maetro dialect, I conducted descriptive studies on several linguistic features of this language. These included topicalization, nominalization, mermaid construction, evidentiality, negation, directional affixes, evidentiality, and classifiers.
We published these results through academic conferences, journals, and paper collections.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ダパ語は消滅の危機に瀕する言語の一つだが、過去に十分な研究がされていなかった。このプロジェクトでは多くの方言を初めて調査し、その方言の話される場所と語形式を分析することにより、方言区分とその形成過程を明らかにした。このことは、言語文化の多様性の記録という重要な意義がある。また、方言形成過程を明らかにしたことで、歴史的研究にも寄与する。
さらに、このプロジェクトではダパ語メト方言の文法現象を詳しく分析した。これは言語文化の多様性の詳細な記録につながるとともに、人間言語の特性を明らかにしようとする言語類型論の研究および広域の地理的分布から言語特徴の広がりの歴史を研究する地理言語学的研究に寄与する。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (55 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (25 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Open Access: 17 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results) Presentation (22 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] 西南交通大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 西南交通大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 西南交通大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 西南交通大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 西南交通大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] A geolinguistic approach to nDrapa dialectology2024

    • Author(s)
      Shirai, Satoko; Huang, Yang
    • Journal Title

      Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages

      Volume: 6 Pages: 109-124

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Variation in basic roots across dialects in nDrapa: Geolinguistic analysis in the Qiangic context.2023

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Asian Geolinguistics

      Volume: 0 Pages: 21-33

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Geolinguistics and Sino-Tibetan: An introduction.2023

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Geolinguistics

      Volume: 3 Pages: 146-151

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Classifiers in nDrapa: Definition and Categorization2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Journal Title

      GENGO KENKYU (Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan)

      Volume: 162 Issue: 0 Pages: 25-46

    • DOI

      10.11435/gengo.162.0_25

    • ISSN
      0024-3914, 2185-6710
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Subgrouping of Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 10-11

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ‘Mouse/rat’ in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai; Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 44-46

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ‘Chicken’ in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai; Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 86-66

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ‘Horse’ in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai; Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 138-140

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ‘Wolf’ in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai; Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 180-182

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ‘Dog’ in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai; Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 221-223

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ‘Bear’ in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Ebihara; Kazue Iwasa; Keita Kurabe; Satoko Shirai; Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa

      Volume: 1 Pages: 253-255

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Classifiers in nDrapa: A Tibeto-Burman language in Western Sichuan2022

    • Author(s)
      Huang, Yang
    • Journal Title

      Asian Languages and Linguistics

      Volume: 3.2 Issue: 2 Pages: 202-238

    • DOI

      10.1075/alal.22009.hua

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Connections of directional prefixes and verb stems in nDrapa.2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages 3: Function of Directional Prefixes

      Volume: - Pages: 97-110

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Functional developments of directional prefixes in nDrapa and rGyalrong2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko; NAGANO, Yasuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages 3: Function of Directional Prefixes

      Volume: - Pages: 81-96

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Negation in nDrapa: A morphosyntactic description2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages 5: Diversity of Negation

      Volume: - Pages: 167-181

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Stop series in Tibeto-Burman2021

    • Author(s)
      SUZUKI, Hiroyuki; EBIHARA Shiho; IWASA Kazue; KURABE Keita; SHIRAI Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics I “Stop series”

      Volume: - Pages: 42-45

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Negative markers in Qiangic languages2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages

      Volume: 4 Pages: 243-257

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ダパ語における広義の証拠性について2021

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Journal Title

      言語の類型的特徴対照研究会論集

      Volume: 3 Pages: 93-110

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] ダパ語の名詞修飾表現と名詞句標識2020

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Journal Title

      プラシャント・パルデシ、堀江薫(編)『日本語と世界の言語の名詞修飾表現』

      Volume: - Pages: 97-117

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] nDrapa2020

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Handbooks of Comparative Linguistics

      Volume: 6 Pages: 465-510

    • DOI

      10.1515/9783110670844-011

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A geolinguistic study of directional prefixes in the Qiangic language area2020

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Himalayan Linguistics

      Volume: 19.1 Issue: 1 Pages: 365-392

    • DOI

      10.5070/h919142521

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Nominalization and relativization in nDrapa2020

    • Author(s)
      HUANG Yang
    • Journal Title

      Minzu Yuwen

      Volume: 2020.4 Pages: 29-42

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ダパ語の名詞修飾表現と名詞句標識2020

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Journal Title

      日本語と世界の言語の名詞修飾表現

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Connections of directional prefixes and verb stems in nDrapa2020

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Journal Title

      Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages 3: Functions of Directional Prefixes

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] ダパ語の主題を表す形式2019

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Journal Title

      言語の類型的特徴対象研究会論集

      Volume: 2 Pages: 95-110

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ダパ語方言地図からの知見2024

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      2023年度ユーラシア言語研究コンソーシアム年次総会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Basic roots varying among dialects in nDrapa: A geolinguistic analysis in the Qiangic context2023

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      The Fifth International Conference on Asian Geolinguistics
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] チァン言語圏への地理言語学アプローチ2023

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      国際シンポジウム:GISを用いて言語情報と非言語情報をつなぐ
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Geolinguistic Approach to nDrapa Dialectology2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko and HUANG, Yang
    • Organizer
      The 55th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Geolinguistic approach to Sino-Tibetan: An introduction2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      Pre-conference workshops of the 55th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Can we find traces of the development of Qiangic classifiers in Tangut?2022

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      International Workshop: Studies of the Tangut from the viewpoints of researchers on TB minority languages
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] System of ‘Sibling’ terms in Tibeto-Burman2022

    • Author(s)
      Keita KURABE, Shiho EBIHARA, Kazue IWASA, Satoko SHIRAI, and Hiroyuki SUZUKI
    • Organizer
      The 5th meeting of the ILCAA Joint Research Project “Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics”
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ダパ語および他のチァン諸語における対を数える類別詞2022

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      2021年度ユーラシア言語研究コンソーシアム年次総会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ダパ語における類別詞の定義と分類2021

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      チベット=ビルマ言語学研究会第54回会合
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 川西民族走廊諸語における類別詞2021

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      日本地理言語学会第三回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ‘GO’ and ‘COME’ in nDrapa2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      The Sixth Workshop on Sino-Tibetan Languages of Southwest China
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Egophoricity in nDrapa: Position and split2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      Workshop ‘Evidentiality 2.0: Integrating egophoricity, focusing on equipollent contrasts, and re-examining visual evidentials’
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ダパ語の「焦点」に現れる音調について2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      言語類型対照研究会 第15回オンライン発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ダパ語及び周辺言語におけるいわゆる「属格」について2021

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      2020年度ユーラシア言語研究コンソーシアム年次総会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Grammatical Relations in Tibeto-Burman2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI Satoko
    • Organizer
      The 2nd meeting of ILCAA Joint Research Project “Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics”
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Theoretical Frameworks for Grammatical Relations in Asia and Africa2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI Satoko
    • Organizer
      The 2nd meeting of ILCAA Joint Research Project “Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics”
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Prosody of topic and focus in nDrapa2020

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI Satoko
    • Organizer
      The 53rd International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ダパ語の語彙類型論的特徴2020

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      AA研共同利用・共同研究課題「東南アジア大陸部地域語彙の類型論的研究」2020年度第2回研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Negation forms in nDrapa2019

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      The 27th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] N-based nominalization in nDrapa2019

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      The 5th Workshop on Sino-Tibetan Languages of Southwest China
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Nominalization in nDrapa2019

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko
    • Organizer
      Osaka International Workshop on Nominalization
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ダパ語の証拠性再考―広義の証拠性の観点から―2019

    • Author(s)
      白井聡子
    • Organizer
      言語の類型的特徴をとらえる対照研究会第12回公開発表会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa Volume 32023

    • Author(s)
      FUKUSHIMA, Chitsuko, Satoko SHIRAI, Mika FUKAZAWA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, and Mitsuaki ENDO
    • Total Pages
      323
    • Publisher
      Geolinguistic Society of Japan
    • ISBN
      9784815041328
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Studies in Asian and African Geolinguistics II “Grammatical relations”2021

    • Author(s)
      SHIRAI, Satoko; ENDO, Mitsuaki (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      73
    • Publisher
      Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    • ISBN
      9784863373648
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Linguitic Atlas of Asia2021

    • Author(s)
      ENDO, Mitsuaki; MINEGISHI, Makoto; SHIRAI, Satoko; SUZUKI, Hiroyuki; KURABE, Keita (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      376
    • Publisher
      Hituzi Syobo
    • ISBN
      9784823410741
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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