| Project/Area Number |
17251004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
PERI Bhaskararao Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Professor (00272617)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MINEGISHI Makoto Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Professor (20190712)
MACHIDA Kazuhiko Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Professor (70134749)
TAKASHIMA Jun Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Professor (40202147)
SAWADA Hideo Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Associate Professor (60282779)
KOBAYASHI Masato Hakuoh University, Faculty of Business Management, Associate Professor (90337410)
長田 俊樹 総合地球環境学研究所, 教授 (50260055)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥24,830,000 (Direct Cost: ¥19,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,730,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥7,410,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,710,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥8,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,070,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
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| Keywords | linguistics / South Asia / Southeast Asia / vocabulary / grammar / international academic exchange / multinational |
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| Research Abstract |
● We conducted the study of minority languages spoken in India and mainland Southeast Asia listed below:
Dravidian Toda and Badaga in South India, Kurux, Malto and Gadaba in North India, etc.
Austroasiatic Khasi in Northeast India, Mundari languages in North India, Kuy in Northeast Thailand, etc.
Tibeto-Burman Lhaovo and Lacid in Northern Myanmar etc.
● We set three main subjects of research:
(A) phonological, morphological, lexical and grammatical description of languages We did research on lexical systems and grammatical structures of the languages listed above, based on the lexical and grammatical questionnaires accumulated and examined so far. The grammatical phenomena studied in the project contain the verbal paradigms of Toda, Kurux and Malto; noun-phrase structures of Kuy and Lhaovo; serial verb construction of Kuy; case system of Lhaovo; grammaticalization of Lhaovo etc. We also did research on sound systems of such languages as Toda, Gadaba, Khasi etc.
(B) description of linguo-cultural layers We collected cultural vocabularies, and dialectal vocabularies/usages. We also collected folk tales, oral literatures natural speeches, as well as sound sources of traditional songs and music.
(C) interaction of a minority language and its neighbouring language(s) We tried to elucidate aspects of the contact of a minority language and official language(s) of the country/state it is spoken, through researches of the conditions of language use and borrowing of words/usages.
● As for languages in India, we did research on the subjects above not only individually, but also in cooperation with researchers in Central Institute of Indian Languages, Government of India.
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