Multilingualism in Japanese Society from a view of Ethnolect

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23652119
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: University of Miyazaki
• Principal Investigator: FUJII Kumiko 宮崎大学, 教育文化学部, 准教授 (60304044)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YASUDA Toshiaki 一橋大学, 大学院言語社会研究科, 准教授 (80283670) ; TERAO Satoshi 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 協力研究員 (30457030)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KIM Miseon 国立民族学博物館, 研究員 (50469623)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: エスノレクト / 多言語社会 / 日本語 / 国語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The key word in this study is “ethnolect”. Recently the term “Ethnolect” is seen well with the term “Immigrant” in research papers etc. in Europe and America. In such a society, multilingualization is advanced. On the other hand, Several languages came to be used in the Japanese society, though many people do not doubt a high Japanese canonicity. The diversity is being gradually acknowledged in "Japanese".

Free Research Field

言語政策