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Sociolinguistic Study on Language Maintenance by Bulgarians in Romania and Moldova

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13175
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Sugai Kenta  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 准教授 (20824361)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords社会言語学 / 言語保持 / 言語取替え / 言語接触 / 言語変化 / 言語景観 / ブルガリア語 / 言語復興 / 言語状況 / ルーマニア / モルドバ / マイノリティ言語 / 言語シフト / 言語政策 / ブルガリア
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、ルーマニア、及びモルドバのマイノリティであるブルガリア系住民のブルガリア語方言の言語使用の実態と言語保持のしくみについて、フィールドワークの手法を用いて、社会言語学の観点から体系的に明らかにすることを目的とする。現地調査によって一次資料を収集し、それをもとに体制転換後のルーマニア・モルドバ両国におけるブルガリア系住民の現在の言語状況の記述・分析を行う。また、両国のブルガリア語方言の現状を踏まえて、マイノリティであるブルガリア系住民の言語文化の保持の問題について、言語政策や言語意識などの社会言語学的な要因に注目し、両国の状況の比較を踏まえた検討・考察を行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is a sociolinguistic study on the language maintenance of Bulgarian people living in Romania and Moldova. I comprehensively clarified the current situation of language maintenance and shift in Romania and Moldova. I examined to what extent Bulgarians are maintaining their language in the face of assimilation pressure that accompanies contact with the majority's language and culture. Specifically, is Bulgarian being replaced by majority languages such as Romanian or Russian? Additionally, I clarified a part of the mechanism of language maintenance based on sociolinguistic factors such as the use of the language by and the linguistic attitudes of the speakers, and identity issues. I incorporated methods of analysis that explore linguistic change and landscapes as well as contrasting research between Bulgarian settlements.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、体制転換による民主化を経たルーマニアとモルドバにおいてブルガリア系住民が置かれている最新の社会言語状況を捉え、それに基づいて彼らの言語保持の実態を明らかにした点に意義がある。加えて、既存の研究には欠けていたルーマニアとモルドバのブルガリア語方言の状況の対照分析という視点は、在外ブルガリア系住民の言語状況をより相対的にとらえることを可能としたばかりでなく、新たな学術的な研究の可能性をも開いた。また、本研究の成果は現地のブルガリア系住民への還元という側面を持つとともに、一事例研究として一般にマイノリティの言語や文化の保持活動に関わる人々に対しても重要な知見をもたらすものと考えられる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Open Access: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Contrastive Study of Bulgarian Minority Communities in Romania and Moldova: Language Maintenance and Shift2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Journal Title

      -

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Future Tense Construction of "Have" in the Bulgarian Dialect of Baleni-Sarbi revisited: Grammaticalisation and Language Contact2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Journal Title

      Contributions to the 24th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Slavists (Polyslav)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On the Language Situation of Taraclia (Moldova) Through the Prism of Linguistic Landscape2022

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Journal Title

      Алманах Българска украинистика

      Volume: 10 Pages: 114-127

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Языковой сдвиг в с. Брэнешть (Румыния)2021

    • Author(s)
      Кэнта Сугаи
    • Journal Title

      Збiрник наукових статей "Мова. Свiдомiсть. Концепт"

      Volume: 11 Pages: 59-64

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] ルーマニアのブルガリア語方言における言語変化について:ブラネシュティ村のブルガリア語方言を例に2021

    • Author(s)
      菅井健太
    • Journal Title

      北海道大学文学研究院紀要

      Volume: 163 Pages: 45-76

    • NAID

      120007007903

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Съвременната езикова ситуация в Паркан, Молдова (Contemporary Language Situation in Parkani, Moldova)2020

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Journal Title

      Contributions to the 23rd Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Slavists (Polyslav)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On Some Syntactic Features in the Bulgarian Dialect of Parkani, Moldova2020

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Journal Title

      Contributions to the 22nd Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Slavists (Polyslav)

      Volume: - Pages: 277-284

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Past Passive Participles of Intransitive Verbs in the Language of the Bulgarian Minority in Romania: A Closer Look at Contact-induced Grammatical Change - Nasite bulgari sa dojdeni or dusleli?2020

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Journal Title

      Zeszyty Luzyckie

      Volume: 54

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] What helps a minority language to be maintained?: A contrastive study of language situations of Bulgarian minorities in Romania and Moldova2022

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      The 15th International Slavic Studies Conference (Sofia University)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the integration strategies of loan nouns in a bilingual context: a case study of a Bulgarian dialect in Romania2022

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      The 17th Annual Meeting of the Slavic Linguistic Society (SLS-17)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the Language Situation of Bessarabian Bulgarians Today: A Case Study of Taraclia (Moldova)2021

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      XV Международна конференция "Драгоманови студии" (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"))
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the Borrowing of Verbs in a Bilingual Context: A Case of the Bulgarian Minority in Romania2021

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      XXV Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Slavists POLYSLAV
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Some Remarks on "imam" in Bulgarian: The "ima da" Construction2021

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      ICCEES the 10th World Congress
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Future Tense Marker in the Bulgarian Dialect of Baleni-Sarbi revisited2020

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      XXIV Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Slavists POLYSLAV
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Language Situation of the Bulgarian Minority in the Multilingual Context: A Case of the Parcani Bulgarian Dialect2019

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      Scientific Conference POLYSLAV XXIII
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Language of the Bulgarian Minorities in Romania and Moldova: A Closer Look at Contact-induced Grammatical Change2019

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      International Symposium "Minorities in the Eastern Balkans, Languages and Cultures"
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] モルドバにおけるブルガリア系マイノリティの言語に関する一考察―ロシア語との言語接触の観点から―2019

    • Author(s)
      菅井健太
    • Organizer
      日本ロシア文学会北海道支部会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Subject Pronoun Doubling in Bulgarian Spoken Language: Canonical or Dislocated? From Structural and Functional Perspective2019

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      The 10th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian Studies
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the Problems of Bulgarian Language Teaching in Japan with regard to Grammar Terminology: Comparative Analysis of Learning Materials of Bulgarian Language for Japanese Native Speakers2019

    • Author(s)
      Kenta Sugai
    • Organizer
      Japan and the European Southeast - Over a Hundred Years of Political, Economic, Cultural and Academic Interactions
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] 北海道大学文学研究院ホームページ

    • URL

      https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/staff/sugai-kenta

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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