Study on preparation and analysis of speech material of Hachijoan in danger of extinction

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16766
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
• Principal Investigator: MIKI Yosuke 大学共同利用機関法人人間文化研究機構国立国語研究所, 言語変異研究領域, 特別研究員 (40614889)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 八丈語（東京都八丈島方言） / 消滅危機言語 / 音声談話資料 / ドキュメンテーション / 言語継承 / 記述文法 / 紙芝居

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to record, preserve and inherit Hachijoan(Dialect of Hachijo island) which is a crisis language of extinction, I made speech discourse materials and arranged infrastructure for Hachijoan lstudy. I transcribed collected voice into text, gave Japanese translation and annotation information, and linked it with voice data.At the same time, we conducted a survey to grasp the actual conditions of individual differences and regional differences about the current situation of Hachijoan, and compared it with previous studies.Then, we refined the grammar description, reviewed the verb and adjective utilization system and the description of the pronoun system and added a description including the new discovery.Also, in order to utilize the speech discourse material as a teaching material for language succession, we made picture-story shows, general conversation collections and materials for general islanders and learners, recorded and visualized as documentation.

Free Research Field

日本語学