A phylogenetic study of the Kyushu dialects on the basis of tonal and morpho-syntactic innovations

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770143
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University (2015-2016); Hiroshima University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Igarashi Yosuke 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 准教授 (00549008)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: アクセント / 類別語彙 / 歴史言語学 / 系統論 / 九州方言 / 琉球語 / 音韻論 / 音声学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Linguistic data in the Japanese and Ryukyuan dialects, were collected through fieldwork in Oita, Saga, and Kumamoto prefectures, as well as in Miyako Islands. In addition, published data on the accent systems of the Japanese and Ryukyuan dialects were compiled into a database. The analysis of this database enabled us to find those sound correspondences between the Saga and Ryukyuan dialects that had not been reported thus far. The findings, if they are approved, point to the necessity of revising all the exiting theories on the phylogeny of Japanese and Ryukyuan. Also, a new list of cognate words in Japanese and Ryukyuan was proposed for the purpose of historical comparative linguistics.

Free Research Field

言語学