2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Typological studies on universals and variations of Formosan languages
| Project/Area Number |
18520317
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
KATAGIRI Masumi Okayama University, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (80294388)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2008
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| Keywords | 台湾原住民諸語 / ヴォイス / 能格性 / フィリピン・タイプ |
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| Research Abstract |
In this typological studies of Formosan languages, spoken by aboriginal peoples of Taiwan which belong to Austronesian family, I conducted research on the morphosyntactic variations of these languages, as well as those in related languages such as Philippine languages and Indonesian languages. In particular, I focused my studies on their voice systems and ergativity, and observed that there was an apparent contrast between languages with a rich voice system called "Philippine-type" and strong ergative tendency and those with limited voice and accusative characteristics. In spite of the apparent contrast, however, I showed that it is possible to give a unified account of the variations in terms of voice attrition.
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