1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Diachronic sociolinguistic study of the new dialectalization of [s] sound.
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03610219
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
国語学
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
INOUE Fumio Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (40011332)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1993
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| Keywords | New Dialect / Consonant s / Shonai Dialect, Yamagata Prefecture / Sociolinguistics / Language standardization / Language Change |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to elucidate the process of language change in progress, applying new techniques developed recently in sociolinguistics. The main topic is the change of consonant [s] which is observable in many areas of Japan.
A follow-up study was made in Yamazoe area in Yamagata Prefecture after 15 years' interval. The results showed that the new dialectization is still in progress. Old dialectal pronounciation for /se/ "she" is changing into two directions of "shi"and "se". Related research was executed in Kyushu area where a similar phenomenon is observable.
A book was published as a report for recent change of the consonant [s]. The report is concerned with two surveys in ten years' interval in four high-schools in Yamagata Prefecture. Many new dialect phenomena was found still in progress. The change of [s] sound especially showed interesting phenomena.
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