Intimacy and Estrangement in the Context of the Relationship between Standard Language and Dialect

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K13025
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
• Research Institution: Kindai University (2021-2022); Mie University (2020)
• Principal Investigator: Daigi Yuta 近畿大学, 総合社会学部, 准教授 (60804151)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: スイス / ドイツ語 / 地域的要素 / 方言 / 標準語 / 構文

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine the meanings associated with dialectal and variant elements in texts through the analysis of written language used in the German-speaking area of Switzerland. Firstly, an examination was conducted on the relationship between standard language and dialects in the German-speaking area of Switzerland. Various texts written in Swiss Standard German were selected as the subjects of analysis, and an attempt was made to analyze the dialectal elements in the texts, particularly from a qualitative perspective. Subsequently, an investigation was carried out to explore the distinctive vocabularies, constructions, and expressions found in literary works, which shed light on language norms and their awareness among language users. Based on these findings, the texts were analyzed to consider the stylistic effects created by regional features.

Free Research Field

ドイツ語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では，スイスの書きことばの地域的要素を見つけ出すために，オリジナルの小説と後に出版された版を比較対象とすることによって，校閲者がどのような特徴を「スイス語法」とみなしているのかを検討した。テクスト中で用いられるいくつかの語彙や表現は，ドイツで一般的であるものに置き換えられていることがわかった。書きことばの中の方言的要素は，標準語から逸脱した単なる「誤用」と認識され，後世の版で書き改められることもあれば，ひとたび意図的に用いられるときには，受け手に特定の印象を与える表現技法にもなり得ると考えられる。