2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Description of endangered languages and multilingual situation in Sulawesi island, Indonesia.
Project/Area Number |
20720104
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Linguistics
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Research Institution | Meisei University |
Principal Investigator |
UTSUMI Atsuko Meisei University, 人文学部, 講師 (70431880)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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Keywords | オーストロネシア語族 / スラウェシ北部の言語 / 記述言語学 / 危機言語 / 多言語社会 / 社会言語学 |
Research Abstract |
The research was done in the following four fields. First, minority languages in Indonesia, which belong to Austronesian family, are described and analyzed. These languages are severely endangered. Second, features which are observed in languages which undergoes language shift are described and analyzed.
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