A descriptive study on Malagasy dialects from an Austronesian comparative perspective

• Project/Area Number: 25884037
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIMOTO Noa 京都大学, 白眉センター, 助教 (10712416)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: マラガシ語 / オーストロネシア語族 / 動詞形態統語論 / 記述言語学 / 民族植物学 / フィールド言語学 / ポリネシア / マダガスカル語（マラガシ語） / オーストロネシア諸語研究 / 言語多様性 / 少数言語・危機言語 / 動詞形態・統語論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objectives of this study are :(1) to analyze the verbal categories of Tandroy dialect of Malagasy, (2) to describe the morphological system of the language, (3) to compare Tandroy with other Austronesian languages.
I carried out field research in French Polynesia and gathered the data on Rurutu languages spoken in Austral. I am now preparing the database on Tandroy languages to public as online database. I presented part of my research at some international conferences held in Malaysia, Botswana.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Maintien des langues indigenes en Polynesie francaise : le cas de Rurutu dans l’archipel des iles Australes (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Journal Title: Actes du premier colloque international conjoint de la SCELLF et de la SJDF Enjeux et perspectives de l'enseignement du francais en Asie Volume: 1 Pages: 111-116
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Language maintenance in French Polynesia, a case in Rurutu, Austral Archipelago (原文仏語） (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Journal Title: COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL CONJOINT SCELLF-SJDF Volume: 特集号 Pages: 123-126
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 海洋島嶼国の人間と自然の共存からみた言語多様性と生物多様性の考察 (2014)
  • Author(s): 西本希呼
  • Organizer: 南島セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄国際大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-07
• [Presentation] The Natural Rhythms and the Indigenous Agricultural technology in Rurutu (French Polynesia) and Other Asia/Pacific Areas (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: 8th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Malaysia
  • Place of Presentation: Malaysia
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-12 – 2014-08-14
• [Presentation] An ethnobotanical approach to plant vocabulary and proverbs in the Tandroy dialect of Malagasy (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: 3rd International Departmental Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Botswana
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-30 – 2014-08-01
• [Presentation] 大言語が消滅し、小言語が安定する？ (2014)
  • Author(s): 西本希呼
  • Organizer: 言語政策学会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-07 – 2014-06-08
• [Presentation] Number concept in non-literate society (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: Special seminar, Linguistics department
  • Place of Presentation: Kwara State University, Nigeria
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Endangered languages (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: Special seminar, Linguistics department
  • Place of Presentation: Kwara State University, Nigeria
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Number concept in non-literate society (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: クワラ州立大学言語学科Special seminar
  • Place of Presentation: クワラ州立大学言語学科（ナイジェリア、客員講師）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Endangered languages (2014)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: Linguistics department, Public seminar
  • Place of Presentation: クワラ州立大学言語学科(ナイジェリア）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Language documentation on Rurutu, 14th International Conference on Minority Languages (2013)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: International Conference on Minority Languages
  • Place of Presentation: RESOWI Center of the University of Graz, Austria
• [Presentation] Language maintenance of French Polynesia: a case in Rurutu, Austral archipelago(原文仏語） (2013)
  • Author(s): Noa NISHIMOTO
  • Organizer: COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL CONJOINT SCELLF-SJDF, Enjeux et perspectives de l’enseignement du francais en Asie,
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul National University
• [Presentation] 「言葉のつながり―マダガスカルからイースター島まで」 (2013)
  • Author(s): 西本 希呼
  • Organizer: 総合科目 兵庫県立西宮今津高等学校
  • Place of Presentation: 兵庫県立西宮今津高等学校
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 「オセアニア島嶼国の言葉―数にかかわる表現を中心に」 (2013)
  • Author(s): 西本希呼
  • Organizer: NPO法人地球ことばの村、慶應義塾大学
  • Place of Presentation: 慶応義塾大学
  • Invited
• [Remarks] 世界言葉博物館、ルルツ語―仏領ポリネシア・オーストラル諸島のことば
  • URL: http://www.chikyukotobamura.org/muse/low130324s.html
• [Remarks] 世界言葉博物館、ラパヌイ語―チリ領イースター島で話されえいることば
  • URL: http://www.chikyukotobamura.org/muse/low130529s.html
• [Remarks] 京都大学東南アジア研究所 所員紹介
  • URL: http://www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/2013/03/noa_nishimoto/
• [Remarks] 京都大学白眉センター 白眉研究者紹介（日本語）
  • URL: http://www.hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/02_mem/h25/nishimoto.html