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ILCAA Joint Research Project
The Case-marking Systems in Ryukyuan: A Typological Survey (jrp000213)
About the Project
Project term: April, 2015–March, 2018
This study is a typological survey of the case-marking system of Ryukyuan, an endangered group of Japonic languages spoken in Japan. By examining twelve or more Ryukyuan languages which are genealogically and geographically diverse, the study aims to make generalizations about the basic alignment types observed in the Ryukyuan languages and how they developed into the way they are. A special focus will be put on the so-called “marked nominative (M-NOM)” alignment type, which is claimed to be very rare cross-linguistically but which seems to be widespread in Ryukyuan. The study will address the fundamental issue of whether the ostensibly M-NOM pattern in Ryukyuan should really be analysed as such, and if not, how they are situated within the typology of alignment. If they turn out to be a true example of M-NOM, more important questions arise where such a system came from and how it developed.
Michinori SHIMOJI, Project Coordinator (Associate Professor, Kyushu University)
Members
Coordinator
Michinori SHIMOJI (Kyushu University)
ILCAA Staff
Joint Researchers
Hayato AOI
Reiko ASO
Christopher Davis
Soichiro HARADA
Satomi MATAYOSHI
Natsuko NAKAGAWA
Yuto NIINAGA
Hiromi SHIGENO
Michinori SHIMOJI
Rihito SHIRATA
Nana TOHYAMA
Outputs
Meetings
Date/Time: Sat 28 Oct 2017 13:30–18:20 (open), Sun 29 Oct 2017 9:00–12:00 (closed) 13:00–15:00 (open)
Venue: Room 306, ILCAA
Language: Japanese
Organized by Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3” (LingDy3)
28 Oct
13:30–15:00 Michinori SHIMOJI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyushu University)
“A typological overview of the case-marking systems in Japanese-Ryukyuan: interim summary”
15:10–16:10 Kanji KATO (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“The case-marking system in Tokunoshima”
16:10–17:10 Hiromi SHIGENO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Hiroshima University of Economics) and Rihito SHIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of the Ryukyus/JSPS)
“The case-marking system in Amami-Oshima”
17:20–18:20 Satomi MATAYOSHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Okayama University)
“The case-marking system in Tsuken”
29 Oct
9:00–10:00 All members
Meeting (closed)
10:00–12:00 All members
Meeting (closed)
13:00–14:00 Christopher Davis (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of the Ryukyus)
“The case-marking system in Miyara”
14:00–15:00 Soichiro HARADA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Nagasaki University)
“The case-marking system in Kuroshima”
Date/Time: Sat 19 Nov 2016 14:00–18:30, Sun 20 Nov 2016 10:00–15:00
Venue: Room 405, ILCAA
Language: Japanese
19 Nov
Rihito SHIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of the Ryukyus)
Kikaijima dialect
Akiko TOKUNAGA (Hitotsubashi University)
Okierabu dialect
Satomi MATAYOSHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Okayama University)
Tsukenjima dialect
Hiromi SHIGENO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Hiroshima University of Economics)
Amami-oshima dialect
20 Nov
Reiko ASO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Haterumajima dialect
Hayato AOI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyushu University)
Taramajima dialect
Celik KENAN (Kyoto University)
Miyako dialects
All members
Discussion
Date/Time: Sat 4 Jun 2016 14:00–18:00, Sun 5 Jun 2016 10:00–16:00
Venue: Room 304, ILCAA
Language: Japanese
4 Jun
Michinori SHIMOJI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyushu University)
Introduction
Natsuko NAKAGAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Chiba University)
”Shiraho Yaeyama”
Yuka HAYASHI (Osaka University /JSPS Research Fellow)
”Ikema Miyako”
All members
Interim discussion
5 Jun
Yuto NIINAGA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Seijo University)
”Kudaka Okinawa”
Nana TOHYAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of the Ryukyus)
”Shuri Okinawa”
All members
Discussion
Date/Time: Sat 9 Jan 2016 14:00–18:00, Sun 10 Jan 2016 10:00–16:00
Venue: Room 405, ILCAA
Language: Japanese
9 Jan
Michinori SHIMOJI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyushu University)
”Subject marking in natural discourse: Irabu”
Reiko ASO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
”Subject marking in natural discourse: Hateruma”
Hiromi SHIGENO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Hiroshima Keizai University)
”Subject marking in natural discourse: Ura”
All members
Notices
10 Jan
Yuto NIINAGA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Seijo University)
”Subject marking in natural discourse: Yuwan”
All members
Discussion
Date/Time: Sat 10 Oct 2015 14:00–18:00, Sun 11 Oct 2015 10:00–14:30
Venue: Room 304, ILCAA
Language: Japanese
10 Oct
Natsuko NAKAGAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Chiba University)
”Zero case marking in Japanese”
Reiko ASO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
”Case marking in Hateruma Ryukyuan”
Shigehisa KARIMATA (University of Ryukyus)
”Case marking in Koki Ryukyuan”
All members
Notices
11 Oct
Yuto NIINAGA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Seijo University)
”Object marking in Amami Ryukyuan”
Michinori SHIMOJI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyushu University)
”Focus marking and case marking”
All members
Discussion
Date/Time: Sat 9 May 2015 13:30–17:30, Sun 10 May 2015 10:00–15:00
Venue: Room 304, ILCAA
Language: Japanese
9 May
Michinori SHIMOJI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyushu University)
Project definition
Rihito SHIRATA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of the Ryukyus) and Natsuko NAKAGAWA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Chiba University)
Literature review
All members
Discussion
10 May
Soichiro HARADA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Yonaguni-cho)
Case-study 1 Kuroshima
Yuto NIINAGA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Seijo University)
Case-study 2 Kudaka
All members
Discussion
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