2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Typological Studies on South Asian Languages- Rethinking on South Asian Linguistic Area
Project/Area Number |
21320085
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Linguistics
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Research Institution | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
Principal Investigator |
OSADA Toshiki 総合地球環境学研究所, 名誉教授 (50260055)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ONISHI Masayuki 総合地球環境学研究所, 客員教授 (10299711)
TAKAHASHI Yoshiharu 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20252405)
KODAMA Nozomi 熊本大学, 文学部, 教授 (60225456)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MORI Wakaha 国士舘大学, イラク古代研究所, 研究員 (80419457)
TERAMURA Hirofumi 国際日本文化研究センター, 特任准教授 (10455230)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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Keywords | 南アジア諸言語 / 言語領域論 / 言語類型論 |
Research Abstract |
There are four major language family in South Asia; i.e., Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Munda and Tibeto-Burma. These languages shared same linguistic features because of language contact. The study on South Asian linguistic area was focused on these linguistic features. We examined these linguistic feature then we published the Language Atlas of South Asia (LASA) from the South Asian department, Harvard University as a result of our research work
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