Analysis of Educators' Discussions About Local Languages : Focusing on Iwate Prefecture from the End of the Meiji Era to the Taisho Era

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22235
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: KOJIMA Chihiro 北海道大学, 教育学研究院, 専門研究員 (60882066)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 『岩手学事彙報』 / 明治末から大正期 / 地域のことば / ことばの教育 / 教育史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During this study period, I have researched the following two topics.
First, I traced the features of contents and the editorial organization of the educational magazine "Iwate Gakuji Iho," which was published from January of the Meiji Era in the year 18 to February of the Taisho Era in the year 12.
Secondly, I researched descriptions of local languages in "Iwate Gakuji Iho" from the end of the Meiji Era to the Taisho Era. Then I analyzed the evolution of educators' discussions about local languages. Gradually, the tendency toward a standard language becomes stronger as time goes by but also it can be seen that the teachers listened to the children's native dialect while guiding them so that their own thoughts could be clearly communicated to others.

Free Research Field

教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、教育関係者の地域のことばについての見解や取組みとその背景を検討した。教員らが何らかの矯正を主張し実践を行うとき、その背景にどのような事情や教育観があるのかに注目し、単純な方言撲滅とは異なる状況と変遷を示したことに学術的意義がある。
昨今、地域振興に方言が活用されたり、催しが行われたりしている。地域のことばの認識や教育方針について、その歴史的展開を具体的に明らかにすることは、社会的関心に応えることになると考えられる。