2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A historical sociolinguistic study on the Japanese loanwords in Micronesia
| Project/Area Number |
26884032
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2015)
Nagasaki University (2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 日本語借用語 / ミクロネシア / パラオ語 / チューク語 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aimed to describe the change of Japanese loanwords in two languages of Micronesia, Palauan and Chukese, through the comparison of the existing generations of each language.
Based on our findings, it has become clear that the Japanese loanwords are still deeply rooted within the languages because of the significant impact of the Japanese colonial period; however, the usage of Japanese loanwords is gradually decreasing in these languages on account of the social change after the war.
We have published three papers focusing on the phonological change in Palauan, the lexical change in Palauan, and the lexical change in Chukese.
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| Free Research Field |
社会言語学
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