A Socio-linguistics Study of the Grammar of Japanese Dialects based on 'Database of Discourse in Japanese Dialects'

1.从《日本方言话语数据库》收录的近木地区自然语言文本(京都、志贺、奈良、和歌山、大阪、兵库)中找出一些具有特色的方言形式，并分析它们在语篇中的使用情况，特别是方言代码与语篇类型之间的关系。我们收集了关西地区大学生的语音资料，描述了关西地区新方言的现状，即年轻一代所说的新方言形式。此外，我们还特别注意了一些新方言形式(或讲话风格)，并将它们与老一辈人所说的传统形式(或讲话风格)进行了对比。在京都和大阪地区，我们分析了年轻一代和老年一代在语音编码方面的差异，并与之前收集的其他数据进行了比较。SANADA收集并分析了尚未收录在《日本方言话语数据库》中的津原、对马岛津津方言的语音数据。这些数据被公布为《对马群岛井原镇筑津方言的自然话语数据》。(2000年9月30日).国家语言研究所的通讯《Kokugoken no Mado》部分报道了这一研究项目的成果。

1. We found out some characteristic dialectal forms in the texts of natural speech in Kinki area (Kyoto, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Osaka, and Hyogo), which are contained in the 'Database of Discourse in Japanese Dialects', and analyzed their use in the texts, with special attention to the correlation between the 'dialect code' and the kind of texts.2. We collected speech data of the college students around Kansai area and described the present state of 'neo-dialect' (by SANADA), i.e., new dialectal forms spoken by young generation, in that area. In addition, we paid a special attention to some 'neo-dialectal' forms (or speech styles) and contrasted them with traditional forms (or speech styles) spoken by old generation. In Kyoto and Osaka area, we analyzed the differences in speech code between the young and old generations, comparing to other data which has been collected before.3. SANADA collected and analyzed the speech data of Tsutsu dialect, Izuhara town, the islands of Tsushima, which has not been included in the 'Database of Discourse in Japanese Dialects'. The data was published as "Natural Discourse Data of the Tsutsu Dialect, Izuhara Town, the Islands of Tsushima." (September 30, 2000).4. The results of this research project has been partly reported in "Kokugoken no Mado", the newsletter of the National Language Research Institute.