2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Correlation between geographical distribution and typological variations in Tungusic
Project/Area Number |
19K23066
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
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Research Institution | Muroran Institute of Technology |
Principal Investigator |
BAEK SANGYUB 室蘭工業大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (60788925)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
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Keywords | 記述言語学 / 地域言語学 / ツングース語族 / 言語接触 / 言語類型論 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research aims to concentrate on typological variations in grammar among the Tungusic languages in accordance with geographical distribution of each language and analyze it from the perspective of areal linguistics. As a result, this research concludes that grammatical variations among Tungusic in the following linguistic features [1)the use of plural suffix in Uilta, Ainu and Nivkh, 2) grammatical peculiarities of Uilta among the third group of Tungusic, 3)different-subject sentences with the utilization of same-subject converbal endings, 4)typological similarities between North Tungusic(Evenki and Even) and its adjacent language Kolyma Yukaghir, 5) distinctions in tense system of finite indicative verbs in Tungusic and 6) variation in purposive elements in Tungusic] may be attributed to language contact with different neighboring languages.
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Free Research Field |
言語学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は、ツングース語族内部の類型論的相違を明らかにすることで、議論が分かれているツングース祖語の再建に資する学術的独自性をもつ。また、いまだ不明のままであるアルタイ諸語における類型論的類似が地域的分布による接触の結果であるか否かが明確になり、アルタイ諸語の系統・類型論的研究への貢献できる。さらに、ツングース語族は、話者数の激減に伴う消滅危機に瀕している少数言語であるため、少数言語の保存・保持の面においても、社会的な意義を有する研究でもある。
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