Research on the syntax and morphology of Sindhi

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370445
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Mamiya Kensaku 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 准教授 (00403204)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: スィンディー語 / 統語論 / 形態論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focused on the morphological and syntactic change of Sindhi language, which is mainly spoken in Pakistan and India. Especially I have found the participle "waaaro" is important role in the noun phrase structure of the Sindhi.
On the other hand, the Sindhi language has been one of the cores of their identity. But it became clear that the written language is NOT important for them as the part of their identity, but living verbal language is the most important for them.
The language is the important part of the identity of the South Asian people. This research is the beginning of the identity studies, which will be one of main part of the applicant's research in the coming years.

Free Research Field

言語学