Study on Geographical and Social Dynamics of the Japan Sea New Dialects

在本研究中，通过关注地理和世代动态，对日本海沿岸方言进行了综合使用调查。声门图技术是一种由日本方言学发展起来的一种新技术，它沿着一条直线区域对每一代人进行语言调查。这一技术一直应用于从北海道到九州的日本群岛。本研究确定了日本海沿岸方言的动态。在第一个会计年度，来自不同机构的研究人员聚集在一起，讨论了统一调查技术的方法。还进行了筹备性调查。还决定了每个参与者的调查领域。在第二个财政年度，为了绘制声门图，在日本海沿岸进行了实际调查，研究人员是这项研究的参与者，也是研究生和研究生的合作者。研究结束后不久，获得的数据被电子编码。这些数据被分发给有关的研究人员。在第三个财政年度，进一步进行调查，以涵盖所有计划的研究领域。语言图是由参与者绘制的。利用每个参与者拥有的个人电脑，很容易绘制出图表。发现了新的方言形式和未被注意到的方言形式，并确定了日本海沿岸明显的地理差异。通过与以往的研究比较，观察到太平洋沿岸的差异，并确定了从东京扩散的模式。年底发表了一份报告，分发给对这类研究感兴趣的研究人员。相关研究将因为这份报告而蓬勃发展。在加拿大举行的国际方言大会上报告了部分经证实的资料

In this research, an integrated usage survey has been conducted in dialects on the Japan Sea coast, by paying attention to geographical and generational dynamics. The glottogram technique, in which linguistic survey is conducted for each generation along a linear area, is a new technique originally developed by Japanese dialectology. This technique has been applied to Japan archipelago diagonally from Hokkaido to Kyushu until now. Dynamics of dialects on the Japan Sea coast have been ascertained in this research.In the first fiscal year, researchers belonging to various institutions gathered together and discussed methods for unification of techniques of investigation. Preparatory surveys have been also conducted. Areas of survey for each participant were also decided.In the second fiscal year, actual surveys were conducted along the Japan Sea coast in order to draw glottograms, researchers were participants of this research and graduate and postgraduate cooperators. The acquired data were electronically coded soon after the research. The data were distributed to researchers concerned.In the third fiscal year, surveys were further conducted to cover all the planned research area. Glottograms were drawn by the participants. Figures were easily drawn making use of personal computers owned by each participant. New dialect forms and unnoticed dialect forms were found and noticeable geographical differences along the Japan Sea coast were ascertained. By comparing with former studies, differences from the Pacific Ocean coast were observed and patterns of diffusion from Tokyo were ascertained.A report was published at the end of the year and was distributed among researchers who are interested in this kind of research. The related study will flourish because of this report. A part of the attested data was reported in an International Congress of Dialectology held in Canada