2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The genealogy of Awaji dialects and the reconsideration of the classification of Western Japanese dialects

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	19K20801
Project/Area Number (Other)	18H05593 (2018)
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund (2019) Single-year Grants (2018)
Review Section	0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
Research Institution	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Principal Investigator	NAKAZAWA Kohei 大学共同利用機関法人人間文化研究機構国立国語研究所, 言語変異研究領域, プロジェクト非常勤研究員 (90824805)
Project Period (FY)	2018-08-24 – 2021-03-31
Keywords	淡路方言 / 四国方言 / 西日本 / 方言区画論 / 系統論 / 南海道 / アクセント / 方言地図
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In order to elucidate the phylogenetic position of the Awaji dialect and reconsider the divisions of the Western Japanese dialects, we conducted fieldwork in Western Japan and collected documents of Western Japanese dialects. Regarding the Awaji dialect, it seems closely related to Shikoku dialects, and they are probably genealogically close to the Wakayama dialect. The dialects of the Chugoku region are considered to share some unique innovations. Regarding dialect divisions, as the current hypothesis, 1. Central Kinki, 2. Peripheral Kinki (including Shikoku), 3. Chugoku (including Umpaku) are assumed, but the Chugoku division is controversial. Besides, we also conducted a synchronic analysis of Western Japanese dialects. In particular, we found the deaccentuation by the sentence final particle "ga" in the Nankoku dialect of Kochi Prefecture, and conducted a detailed investigation of its scope.
Free Research Field	日本語方言学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究は系統論に基づく方言区画論を目指し、日本列島におけるヒトの移動史を明らかにしようと試みるもので、関連する他分野にも有用な情報を提供し得る。淡路が四国だけでなく和歌山との方言的に近縁となれば、それをもとにヒトの移動史を構築する必要がある。各地で伝統的に話されてきた方言は今後数年以内に消失してしまう可能性が高く、話者が健在な今のうちに記録する必要がある。方言話者にとっても、自分たちの言葉のこれまで気づかなかった特徴の発見など、方言の魅力への理解が深まることも予想される。地域振興やアイディンティティの確立としての役割も考えられる。今後、南海道をキーワードとしたイベントの創生などが期待される。