Studies in regionalism in communication and the effect of the Kansai dialect on it

访谈研究在六个主要城市（大阪、广岛、高知县、福冈和东京）进行，以揭示关西方言对上述城市交流的影响。受访者人数为1275人，几乎在城市都有，性别和年龄都有。收集到的数据全部输入到EXCEL中，建立数据库。数据分析的一个有趣的结果是，上述五个城市（大阪除外）对关西方言和关西交流方式的接受程度是一致的。也就是说，每个城市都有一个相似的趋势，即越年轻的人越愿意使用它们。几乎在整个日本，年轻人都对关西的说话方式有好感，因为它可以创造亲密的气氛和随意的情况。关于这项研究发表了两份报告。一个是由共同研究人员撰写的文章的集合，另一个是由一系列由原始数据组成的交叉表组成。

Interview researches were conducted in the six major cities (Osaka, Hiroshima, Kochi, Fukuoka and Tokyo) to reveal the effect of the Kansai dialect on the communication in the cities above. The number of informant interviewed were 1,275, almost even in cities, sex as well as age. The data gathered were all entried into the EXCEL to make data-base.One of the interesting results from the analysis of the data is that there is uniformity in acceptance of the Kansai dialect and the Kansai way of communicating among the five cities above (other than Osaka). That is, each city has a similar tendency that the younger the more willing to use them. Probably almost all over Japan, young people have a good feeling to the Kansai way of speaking because it can create the intimate atmosphere and the casual situation.Two reports were published with regard to this research. One is a collection of articles written by co-researchers, and the other is consist of a series of cross-tables made from raw data.