2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Transhistorical Approaches to Multilingualism and Multiliteralism in Early English
| Project/Area Number |
21K20011
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
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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, 講師 (60909480)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Comparative Literature / Old English / Latin / runes / Japanese / Semiotics / Narratology |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The project examined the emblematic values of script choice in narrative writing that simultaneously employs multiple sets of discursive linguistic symbols. It was elucidated that in writing situations which exhibit this kind of heightened multilingual and multiliteral awareness, the graphic choice of script in and of itself can operate as an auxiliary semiotic vehicle for associative meaning creation and emotive expression. Emblematic values that are tied to language and script differentiation were clarified and systematized into a theoretical model for understanding the very phenomenon of multiple script usage on semiotic and narratological terms.
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| Free Research Field |
Comparative Literature
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
Beyond the impacts of the project's case studies, which have significance in the areas of medieval philology, historical/modern literature, and semiotics, the assessments deriving from the comparative framework also display broader significance to studies of multilingualism and literary production.
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