On the Use of Minutes of Local Assemblies in Sociolinguistic Studies

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370536
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: NIKAIDO Hitoshi 福岡女学院大学, 人文学部, 教授 (60221470)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUDA Kenjiro 神戸松蔭女子学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (40263636) ; KAWASE Suguru 弘前大学, 人文学部, 講師 (80634724) ; TATSUKI Tosihisa 神戸松蔭女子学院大学, 文学部, 講師 (90645813) ; TAKAMARU Keiichi 宇都宮共和大学, シティライフ学部, 准教授 (60383121)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 方言 / 地方議会 / 会議録 / セミフォーマル / 気づかない方言 / オノマトペ / らへん / 尾ひれ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project had as its purpose to evaluate the Minutes of Local Assemblies for the study of Japanese language from two perspectives: dialects and the contemporary Japanese. The topics included a proposal of semiformal style, geographical distribution and the usage of unnoticeable dialect, analysis of misuses, changes in the vulgar languages, analysis of onomatopoeic words, changes in the verbal conjugation patterns. Through the analyses of these diverse phenomena, we concluded that the Minutes of Local Assemblies presents a new data for the study of Japanese language.

Free Research Field

方言学