Network Reinforcement toward the Formative Process Elucidation of Endangered Northern Languages

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18H00665
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
• Research Institution: University of Toyama
• Principal Investigator: Kurebito Megumi 富山大学, 人文学部, 名誉教授 (90223106)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 江畑 冬生 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 教授 (80709874)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 北方危機諸言語 / 環北太平洋域 / 系統と類型 / 日本北方言語学会 / 言語接触 / 形成プロセス / ネットワーク強化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study, with the Japan Association of Northern Language Studies as its parent organization, has been working to solve two major problems in the field of indigenous languages of the North Pacific Rim. The first is to elucidate the mutual influence and formation process of Altaic and Paleo-Asiatic languages through internationalization of the study of Northeast Asian languages, in which Japan has shown outstanding international leadership, and the second is to investigate the genetic and typological interrelationships between the indigenous languages of Northeast Asia and North America, which have attracted much attention since the Jessup North Pacific Expedition.
Although the Corona pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and other events since 2020 have continued to hinder our research, which is based on field research, we were able to quickly take alternative measures and produce results as planned.

Free Research Field

言語学、コリャーク語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義としては、北東アジアと北米を「環北太平洋域」として結びつけ、両者を横断する形で研究交流を図る初の試みの場として、日本北方言語学会を設立し、この地域の先住民諸言語に関するデータを集積したことが挙げられる。
社会的意義としては、論文集『北方言語研究』や資料集『北方言語研究別冊』を刊行し、北海道大学学術成果コレクションHUSCAPにて公開し、研究の国際的認知につなげたことが挙げられる。