Linguistic description and analysis on internal typological variation in Kilimanjaro Bantu languages

• Project/Area Number: 25770149
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kagawa University
• Principal Investigator: Shinagawa Daisuke 香川大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80513712)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 形態論 / バンツー諸語 / キリマンジャロ・バンツー諸語（チャガ語） / 形態統語論 / 統語論 / 類型的多様性 / バントゥ諸語 / 国際情報交換

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to provide linguistic description of under-described Kilimanjaro Bantu (generally known as Chaga) languages spoken on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro and typological analysis of morphosyntactic variation found in this language group. Major achievements accomplished through this study include publication of a reference grammar of Chaga-Rombo (Bantu E623) and papers (including those presented in international conferences) on group-internal typological variety of Kilimanjaro Bantu languages, etc.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Vowel length and TMA micro-variation in Kilimanjaro Bantu (2015)
  • Author(s): SHINAGAWA, Daisuke
  • Journal Title: Asian and African Languages and Linguistics Volume: 9 Pages: 5-21
  • NAID: 120005575552
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] アフリカの言語動態および都市言語に関する研究の動向―日本のアフリカニストの業績を中心に― (2013)
  • Author(s): 品川大輔
  • Journal Title: 香川大学経済論叢 Volume: 86(2) Pages: 235-246
• [Presentation] A tentative analysis on typological microvariation in Kilimanjaro Bantu (2015)
  • Author(s): Shinagawa, Daisuke
  • Organizer: 8th World Congress of African Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Vowel Coalescence and Morphological Micro-variations in Kilimanjaro Bantu
  • Author(s): Shinagawa, Daisuke
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Bantu Languages
  • Place of Presentation: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• [Book] チャガ＝ロンボ語（Bantu E623）文法スケッチ (2014)
  • Author(s): 品川大輔
  • Total Pages: 142
  • Publisher: 東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所
• [Book] チャガ＝ロンボ語（Bantu E623）基礎語彙集 (2014)
  • Author(s): 品川大輔，モニカ・アポリナリ
  • Total Pages: 69
  • Publisher: 東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所