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

在这项研究中，通过关注地理和代际动态，对日本沿海地区的方言进行了综合用法调查。声门图技术最初是由日本方言学发展起来的一项新技术，它是沿着线性区域对每一代人进行语言调查的技术。到目前为止，这项技术已经应用于从北海道到九州的日本群岛。这项研究查明了日本海岸方言的动态。在第一个财政年度，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。还进行了预备性调查。在第二个财政年度，为了绘制声门图，在日本沿海进行了实际调查，研究人员是这项研究的参与者，研究生和研究生是合作者。研究结束后不久，获得的数据就被电子编码了。这些数据已分发给有关的研究人员。在第三个财政年度，进一步进行了调查，以涵盖所有计划的研究领域。参与者绘制了字形图。利用每个参与者拥有的个人电脑，很容易画出数字。发现了新的方言形式和未被注意到的方言形式，并查明了日本沿海地区明显的地理差异。通过与以往研究的比较，观察到与太平洋沿岸的不同之处，并确定了来自东京的扩散模式。年底发表了一份报告，并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学大会上报告了部分已证实的数据

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