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Historical Changes in Japanese Sign Language and Taiwan Sign Language: Applying Historical-Sociolinguistic Methods to Sign Language

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K13229
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Ethnology

Principal Investigator

Sagara Keiko  国立民族学博物館, 人類基礎理論研究部, 特任助教 (90748724)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 原 大介  豊田工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (00329822)
菊澤 律子  国立民族学博物館, 人類基礎理論研究部, 准教授 (90272616)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords日本手話 / 台湾手話 / 言語変化 / 記号化 / 手話言語学 / 韓国手話 / 音韻変化 / 歴史言語学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on the lexicons of Japanese Sign Language and Taiwan Sign Language, especially numerals, by using historical record analyses and data from field surveys to explore the lexical changes using descriptive forms that occurred after these languages branched apart. A comparison of their lexicons illuminates four diachronic processes: (1) fusion; (2) a shift from one to two hands; and (3) numeral incorporation. Regarding fusion, for example, ‘13’ used to be comprised of two morphemes (for ‘10’ and ‘3’) but is now a mono-morphemic numeral. The analysis suggests that the paradigm of numerals contains some forms that have changed completely and some that exhibit only partial changes. This shows that changes of lexicons also occur in sign languages, just as in spoken languages, and that we are able to trace the course of these changes.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、調査対象語彙を絞り込むことで、複数の言語および変種における詳細な調査・分析を可能にすることに特徴がある。その結果、数体系のシステムの発達経緯が明らかになること、また手話言語を対象とした通言語的比較および借用を含む歴史変化の検討の方法を示せるようになることが期待され、今後、他の語彙の発達経緯の解明や、他の手話言語ファミリーにおいて同様の研究をすすめるきっかけとなることに意義がある。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 日本手話と台湾手話の語彙における変化をさぐる:数の表現を中心に2017

    • Author(s)
      相良啓子
    • Journal Title

      歴史言語学

      Volume: 6 Pages: 13-40

    • NAID

      40021444552

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Variation, change and historical relationships among signs for days of the week in the Japanese Sign Language family2018

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Sagara
    • Organizer
      SIGN9 conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本手話、台湾手話、韓国手話の語における意味の変化2018

    • Author(s)
      相良啓子
    • Organizer
      第157回日本言語学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Paradigm Leveling in Japanese Sign Language (JSL) and Related Languages2017

    • Author(s)
      Ritsuko Kikusawa, Keiko Sagara
    • Organizer
      The 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL23)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本手話、台湾手話、韓国手話の数の表現の構成とその変化: 「10」「100」「1000」に着目して2017

    • Author(s)
      相良啓子
    • Organizer
      日本歴史学会2017年
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本手話と台湾手話にみられる変種と言語変化 -東京と大阪における数詞・色彩・親族・生活基本語彙を対象に-2016

    • Author(s)
      相良啓子
    • Organizer
      第42回日本手話学会
    • Place of Presentation
      タワーホール船堀
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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