Typological-Historical Research on Linguistic Density of the North Pacific Rim

1.继前两年之后，该项目的参与者收集了已经记录或出版的语言材料，并分析了在实地工作中收集的声音材料。对材料的分析在参与者的每个区域分组中进行了检查和讨论。4月和11月在京都（京都大学）举办了两次讲习班，全面审查和讨论研究工作。在11月的研讨会上，受另一项资助邀请的5位美国语言学家为研究工作和出版作了咨询。通过这些活动，独立完成的语言研究已经统一起来，现在为将北太平洋沿岸地区作为一个语言统一体进行类型学和历史研究奠定了基础。为期三年的研究工作以《北太平洋沿岸语言》第3卷的形式出版，这是该项目的正式研究报告。

1.Following the previous two years the participants of the project collected linguistic material already recorded or published as well as analyzed sound materials collected in fiedwork.2.The analyzes of the material were examined and discussed in each areal subgroup of the participants.3.Two workshops were held at Kyoto (kyoto University) in April and November for comprehensive examinations and discussions of the research effors.4.In November workshop, five American linguists invited by another grant were consulted for the research efforts and for the publication.5.Through these activities, linguistic researches which were done independently have been unified and the foundation is now laid for studying both typologically and historically the North Pacific Rim area as a linguistic continuum.6.The three-year research efforts were published in the form of Languages of the North Pacific Rim, Vol.3 which constitutes the official research report of this project.