2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The construction of database to compile the Munda etymological dictionary.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	13610677
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	言語学・音声学
Research Institution	Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2003) Kyoto University of Art and Design (2001-2002)
Principal Investigator	OSADA Toshiki Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Research Department, Professor, 研究部, 教授 (50260055)
Project Period (FY)	2001 – 2003
Keywords	Mundari / Encyclopadia Mundarica / Munda Etymological Dictionary / database / the distinction between verb and noun
Research Abstract	This project is to construct the database in order to compile the Munda etymological dictionary in future. I have already made the database on Ho-English Dictionary during 1998-2000 as a research project of Grant-in-Aid for scientific research. This time I chose the monumental work on the Mundari language, i.e., Encyclopadia Mundarica to input my computer. This work has been done by the sole native speaker in Japan, Ms. Madhu Purti. She selected the entries from the Encyclopaedia Mundarica. Apart from this inputing work, I have another purpose of this work. According to the previous study, Mundari has no distinction between verb and noun. So I will check this statement from this database. So Ms. Purti input the information on word class from the Encyclopadia Mundarica. Then I have reached the conclusion that the distinction between verb and noun kept in the Encyclopaedia Mundarica.

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