Transnational immigration of Latin-American Nikkei and the language maintenance and change of Japanese as the immigrant language

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370590
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: NAKATO Yasue 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (90314658)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 南米日系人 / 日系移民社会 / 移民言語 / ブラジル / パラグアイ / 言語維持 / 日本語教育 / 国際情報交換

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The new residence style, transnational immigration, of Latin-American Nikkei caused by "dekasegi" after the 1990s changes Japanese as the immigrant language. In Brazil centered on the pre-war immigrants language shift is already completed, whereas Japanese is still maintained in everyday life in Paraguay centered on the post-war immigrants. This study reveals that the difference of use of Japanese in each Nikkei community between Brazil and Paraguay reflects the difference between them in terms of their language life, the relationship with Japanese residents in the community and the need of Japanese education after the visit to Japan.

Free Research Field

社会言語学