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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Function of Syntax in a Polysynthetic Language of Eskimo

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17520286
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionOsaka Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

MIYAOKA Osahito  Osaka Gakuin University, Faculty of Informatics, Professor, 情報学部, 教授 (60002979)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
KeywordsAlaskan Eskimo language / polysynthesis / non-slot type / LENCA / comprehensive documentation / morphosyntax / transitive comparative constructions / Inuit Science Conference
Research Abstract

The main research results include two papers presented at international conferences, whose handouts are printed in the accompanying research report :
1) At the third Languages of Europe, North and Central Asia (LENCA-3) held at Tomsk, Russia in June, 2006, "Morphological Strategies for 'Complex Sentences' in Central Alaskan Yupik (Eskimo), a Polysynthetic Language of the Non-slot Type" was read at the Plenary Session (invitation lecture). It is now being prepared for publication from John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam) under the editorship of Edward Bajda. Handout was presented of 24 pages.
2) At the fifteenth Inuit Science Conference held at Paris, France in October 2006, "Transitive Comparative Constructions in Central Alaskan Yupik" was read. The papers from this conference are now being prepared for publication from John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam) under the editorship of Nicole Tersis. Handout was presented of 11 pages.
3) In addition, the long-term project of finishing an exhaustive reference grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik was continued, now completing a preliminary manuscript of about 1100 pages, which is expected to be ready for publication in the near future.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2007 2006

All Journal Article (7 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim2007

    • Author(s)
      Miyaoka Osahito, et al. (chief editor)
    • Journal Title

      Oxford University Press

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 言語のちがい、認識のちがい2006

    • Author(s)
      宮岡伯人
    • Journal Title

      第19回「大学と科学」公開シンポジウム講演収録集「今、世界のことばが危ない グローバル化と少数者の言語」クバプロ刊

      Pages: 7

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Morphological Strategies for 'Complex Sentences' in Central Alaskan Yupik (Eskimo), a polysynthetic language of the non-slot type2006

    • Author(s)
      Miyaoka, Osahito
    • Journal Title

      LENCA 3 / Plenary Speech

      Pages: Ca. 30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Morphological Strategies for Complex Sentences in Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo, a Polysynthetic language of the non-slot type2006

    • Author(s)
      Miyaoka Osahito
    • Journal Title

      LENCA / Plenary speech (to be published by Benjamins)

      Pages: 24

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Transitive Comparative Constructions in Central Yupik2006

    • Author(s)
      Osahito Miyaoka
    • Journal Title

      Inuit Science Conference (to be published by Benjamins)

      Pages: 6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Morphological Strategies for 'Complex Sentences' in Central Alaskan Yupik (Eskimo), a Polysynthetic Language of the Non-slot Type2006

    • Author(s)
      Miyaoka Osahito
    • Journal Title

      Plenary Session LENCA-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2006

    • Author(s)
      "Transitive Comparative Constructions in Central
    • Journal Title

      Fifteenth Inuit Science Conference

  • [Book] The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim2007

    • Author(s)
      Miyaoka, Osahito (chief edior)
    • Total Pages
      528
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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