2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A comparative study of Akan
| Project/Area Number |
22720159
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kochi University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOGA Kyoko 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系, 准教授 (90306473)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-10-20 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | アカン語 / 語彙集 / 声調 |
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| Research Abstract |
Firstly, based on the data of the Asante dialect of Akan I had collected so far, I did additional research and editing on this. It is hoped that an Akan Vocabulary will be published within this academic year. It will be the world's first Akan-English-Japanese vocabulary with tone marks, noun classes, and other features. Secondly, by conducting fieldwork on the coastal area of Ghana, I have collected, recorded and databased a vocabulary of the Fante dialect including possessive noun phrases and conjugation of verbs. I integrated this Fante data with Asante data in order to make a foundation of comparative studies between the two dialects. Lastly, I did two presentations on the tone of Akan by comparing the Asante and Fante dialects.
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