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A cross-dialectal study of Tlapanec verb morphology

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K19988
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

Uchihara Hiroto  東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 准教授 (40962783)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords記述言語学 / 形態論 / トラパネク語 / 方言学 / 屈折クラス / 危機言語ドキュメンテーション
Outline of Research at the Start

オトマンゲ諸語の動詞形態論には、世界の言語のなかでも極めて珍しい、高度に複雑な構造が観察される。この複雑さは、一体、どのように理解すればいいのだろうか。つまり、母語話者は、語彙素ごとにその活用形を記憶しているのか。それとも、そこには何らかの生産的な共時的規則性が認められるのか。もし、認められるとすると、それはどのような性質のものか。この問いは、形態論の分野において本質的な課題である。本研究は、この学術的問いに、トラパネク語の事例を用いて、通方言的な構造比較という新接近法で取り組む。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, with the support of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, I collected data from the Ayutla and Huehuetepec dialects of the Tlapanec language through fieldwork in Guerrero State, Mexico City, and Tokyo, as well as remote fieldwork using Zoom. The data mainly consist of conjugation elicitation of verbs and nouns, and analysis of folkores and natural discourse. As a result, despite abundant mismatches between form and function and irregularities in Tlapanec verb morphology, a general tendency was observed in which there are surprisingly few differences between dialects in this respect. This suggests that speakers do not memorize the conjugations of each verb individually, but that there is some kind of systematicity (phonological rules, morphosyntactic/semantic motivations) behind them.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

トラパネク語の動詞形態論は世界の言語の中でも稀にみる複雑性を呈し、形態論に関する類型論や理論の観点からも興味深いものである。本プロジェクトはこの複雑性の背後に潜む体系性を解明する試みの一つである。また、トラパネク語の多くの方言は児童が習得しておらず、近い将来消滅してしまう危機にある。特に、アソユ方言は話者人口の減少が著しいとされる。本プロジェクトでは、トラパネク語のドキュメンテーションを通して語彙のデータベースを構築したり民話を幾つか採取し分析することで、言語再活性化の取り組みにも寄与するものである。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2024 2023 2022

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Cherokee s-preaspiration at the phonetics-phonology interface.2024

    • Author(s)
      Hiroto Uchihara
    • Journal Title

      Asian and African Languages and Linguistics

      Volume: 18

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] El cuento ‘fin del mundo’ en el me'paa; (tlapaneco) de la Cienega del Sauce, Guerrero.2024

    • Author(s)
      Hiroto Uchihara & Oscar Cornelio Tiburcio
    • Journal Title

      Tlalocan

      Volume: 29

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] El cuento ‘fin del mundo’ en el me’paa (tlapaneco) de la Cienega del Sauce, Guerrero2024

    • Author(s)
      Hiroto Uchihara & Oscar Cornelio Tiburcio
    • Journal Title

      Tlalocan

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Special issues: Tlapanec (Me'paa) of la Cienega de Sauce, Guerrero.2023

    • Author(s)
      Hiroto Uchihara & Oscar Cornelio Tiburcio
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Institute of Language Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

      Volume: 27 Pages: 825-903

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Special issues: Tlapanec (Me'phaa) of la Cienega de Sauce, Guerrero.2023

    • Author(s)
      Hiroto Uchihara & Oscar Cornelio Tiburcio
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Institute of Language Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

      Volume: 27 Pages: 825-903

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Stress-induced lengthening of pre- and post-tonic syllables: implications for the theory and typology of metrical prominence.2023

    • Author(s)
      Natalia Kuznetsova, Oscar Cornelio Tiburcio and Hiroto Uchihara.
    • Organizer
      Speech Prosody and Beyond workshop 2023.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Subespecificacionn tonal: apuntes criticos.2023

    • Author(s)
      Ryan Bennet & Hiroto Uchihara.
    • Organizer
      Quinta Mesa de Trabajo del Seminario Phonologica: Fonemas, tonemas y procesos: una mirada comparativa, El Colegio de Mexico, CDMX.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Syntax-Prosody mismatches in Teotitlan Zapotec.2023

    • Author(s)
      Hiroto Uchihara & Ambrocio Gutierrez
    • Organizer
      The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本語とメキシコ先住民語の自他交替2023

    • Author(s)
      内原洋人
    • Organizer
      国際日本研究センター主催第38回『外国語と日本語との対照言語学的研究』研究会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Stress-induced lengthening of pre- and post-tonic syllables: implications for the theory and typology of metrical prominence.2023

    • Author(s)
      Natalia Kuznetsova, Hiroto Uchihara and Oscar Cornelio Tiburcio.
    • Organizer
      Speech Prosody and Beyond workshop
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] トラパネク語の声調交代と音韻・形態論の交差領域2022

    • Author(s)
      内原洋人
    • Organizer
      東京外国語大学語学研究所定例研究会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2022-09-01   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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