1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Survey Research on the State of Neo-dialect in Western Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	07301047
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	国語学
Research Institution	Osaka University
Principal Investigator	SANADA Shinji Osaka University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00099912)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NIKAIDO Hitoshi Fukuoka Womens' College, Assistant Professor, 助教授 (60221470) KISHIE Shinsuke Miyazaki National University, Assistant Professor, 比較文化学部, 助教授 JINNOUCHI Masataka Kwansei Gakuin University, Professor, 総合政策学部, 教授 (70154424) YOSHIOKA Yasuo National Language Research Institute, Chief, 言語変化研究部, 部長 (90200948) INOUE Fumio Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (40011332)
Project Period (FY)	1995 – 1997
Keywords	Kyushu Dialect / Neo-dialect / Percentage Glottogram / Language Change / Sociolinguistics
Research Abstract	This academic years, data was collected from statistical glottogram surveys conducted in Kita-kyushu, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Miyazaki, in an effort to shed light on the dynamics of the vigorous language change underway in these five regional centers of the Kyushu region. In traditional glottograms, generational differences were illustrated by the data of a single representative informant, but in statistical glottograms, each age group contains the data from multiple informants enabling us to determine statistical significances. In particular, this glottogram contains information not only on regional and age group differences, but includes information on socio-demographic traits such as sex and occupation. This enabled us to perform multiple correlation coefficient analysis. For this project report, "The dynamics of Neo-dialect in Kyushu" was published with the data presented in glottogram form, and analysis and interpretation of the results for each topic.