Dialectal Differences in Existential Aspectual Forms in Ainu

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K20005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Hokkaido Museum
• Principal Investigator: Yoshikawa Yoshimi 北海道博物館, 研究部, 研究職員 (30908075)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: アイヌ語 / アスペクト / 存在動詞 / 静内方言 / 沙流方言 / 千歳方言

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study discusses the usage of the existential aspectual forms KANE AN, WA AN, and HINE AN in the Shizunai dialect of Ainu with comparisons to the Saru and Chitose dialects. The results show that KANE AN in the Shizunai dialect is sometimes equivalent to KANE AN as well as KOR AN in the Saru and Chitose dialects. For WA AN and HINE AN, non-aspectual usage was also found in the Shizunai dialect.

Free Research Field

言語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

アイヌ語北海道諸方言は大きく南西部と北東部に二分されるが、アイヌ語静内方言はその方言境界に位置するものであり、今回の比較検討の成果はアイヌ語の方言体系やアスペクト体系解明の一助となることが期待される。