2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Transhistorical Approaches to Multilingualism and Multiliteralism in Early English
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21K20011
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
Runner Jacob 金沢大学, 外国語教育系, 特任助教 (60909480)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Comparative Literature / Old English / Multilingualism / Multiliteralism / Literary Semiotics / Latin / Runes |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Year 1 multilingual case study objectives have been accomplished, and findings related to the identification of Old English/Latin language ideologies were presented at the 37th Japan Society for Medieval English Studies Congress (Dec 2021 "Emblematic Code-Switching and Language Use: A Multilingual Perspective on Archbishop Wulfstan’s Baptismal Homilies"). Revised and extended findings have also been submitted to Neophilologus for publication and are currently under peer-review. Year 2 multiliteral case study is currently ongoing and slightly ahead of schedule. Findings from initial case study were published in Dec 2021 as a peer-reviewed article in Humanities 10.4 ("An Unseen Eighth Rune: Runic Legacy and Multiliteral Performativity in Cynewulf’s The Fates of the Apostles").
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project is slightly ahead of schedule, as the Principal Investigator has been able to dedicate a larger percentage of his time and effort to it than initially anticipated. This has allowed for Year 1 and Year 2 objectives to be pursued simultaneously from the outset, and is also what prompted the request for a portion of Year 2 funds to be brought forward into Year 1.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The Year 2 multiliteral case study is still currently ongoing and to be continued throughout the 2022 fiscal year. The Principal Investigator is also scheduled to present further findings from this research in July 2022 at the International Medieval Congress held at Leeds University, United Kingdom ("Cynewulf’s Questioning of the Borders of Script and Orality in The Fates of the Apostles").
The Principal Investigator is also currently in the process of producing a monograph draft addressing the themes of this project's case studies (Working title: Old English Multiliteralism: A Semiotic Approach through Cynewulf), and this work is envisioned to continue through the end of the fiscal year.
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| Causes of Carryover |
A portion of the funds originally planned for use in Year 2 were brought forward to Year 1 owing to the project's accelerated rate of progress, and in order to help achieve some of the Phase 2 objectives + open-access publication of results earlier than initially anticipated. The amount remaining from Year 1 funds will be applied to the ongoing Phase 2 research efforts of the project. The plan of usage remains as set out in the original proposal with major envisioned expenses as follows: international conference attendance/presentation (Leeds IMC), purchase of reference materials/supplies.
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Research Products
(2 results)
