Shinmura Izuru Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2004) award
Takashi Kobayashi
こばやし たかし
Kobayashi Takashi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-01-01 （Niigata Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- linguist, professor, researcher
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tohoku University
- Memberships
- Japanese Society of Grammar, Society for Social Linguistics (Japan), The Phonetic Society of Japan, Kundten Linguistics Society, Linguistic Society of Japan, Japanese Dialectology Society, Japanese Linguistics Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku University | Faculty of Letters | Japanese Linguistics | — | 1976-1980 | Japan |
| Tohoku University Graduate School | Graduate School of Arts and Letters | Graduate program (left doctoral course; later awarded PhD) | 博士（文学） | 1980-2005 | Japan |
Tohoku University
Faculty of Letters
/ Japanese Linguistics
Period:
1976-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
Japan
Undergraduate degree (BA)
Tohoku University Graduate School
Graduate School of Arts and Letters
/ Graduate program (left doctoral course; later awarded PhD)
Degree:
博士（文学）
Period:
1980-2005
Year of Graduation:
2005
Country:
Japan
PhD in Literature awarded in 2005. Dissertation: "Methods of Dialectological Japanese Linguistic History"
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Kindaichi Kyosuke Memorial Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | Niinomura Izuru Prize | Methods of Dialectological Japanese Linguistic History | — | — | winner |
Kindaichi Kyosuke Memorial Prize
1986
Result:
winner
Niinomura Izuru Prize
2005
Work:
Methods of Dialectological Japanese Linguistic History
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Methods of Dialectological Japanese Linguistic History
2004 Academic (Linguistics)An academic work proposing methods to reconstruct the history of the Japanese language from dialectal data, linking dialect surveys with historical materials.
dialectologyhistory of Japanesehistorical change
The History of Japanese Revealed by Dialects: Want to Know More! Japanese
2006 Popular academicA readable guide for general readers explaining historical changes in Japanese through dialect distribution and features.
dialectshistorical linguisticsregional variation
Bibliography
- Methods of Dialectological Japanese Linguistic History
- The History of Japanese Revealed by Dialects: Want to Know More! Japanese
- The Present State of Dialects (co-ed.)
- Issues in Dialect Geography (co-ed./supervisor)
- Guidebook to Dialect Research (co-ed.)
- Functions of Dialects (co-auth.)
- Springs of Tohoku Dialect: A Treasure Box of Words (co-auth.)
- The Contemporary Significance of Yanagita's Dialectology (ed.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- empirical, dialect-data based descriptionclear and systematic analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- reconstructing history through dialectsemphasis on regional and social variation
Legacy
Known for establishing methods that emphasize dialectal data in the study of Japanese linguistic history, linking dialectology with historical linguistics. Contributed to training younger scholars as Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University.
Academic Societies
- Japanese Society of Grammar
- Society for Social Linguistics (Japan)
- The Phonetic Society of Japan
- Kundten Linguistics Society
- Linguistic Society of Japan
- Japanese Dialectology Society
- Japanese Linguistics Association
Trivia
- Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University.
- Received the Niinimura Izuru Prize in 2005 for "Methods of Dialectological Japanese Linguistic History."
- Served as researcher and senior research officer at NINJAL before becoming a professor at Tohoku University.