2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of the Corpus of Kidawida in Southeast Kenya
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19520709
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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 |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Shobi University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAMOTO Kunihiko Shobi University, 総合政策学部, 教授 (20215643)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | アフリカ / タイタ / 言語 / 文化人類学 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to analyze the corpus of Kidawida in anthropological perspective. The following is the recording of patterns of discourse : a) 2000 Kidawida basic vocabularies, b) Kidawida grammar, c) narrative magic in Taita, d) Kidawida textbook in primary school. These results will be basic research items to analyze the extinction of languages in many parts of the world.
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