Shinmura Izuru Award
しんむらいずるしょう
An award administered by the Shinmura Izuru Memorial Foundation to honor outstanding achievements in Japanese linguistics and related language studies.
- Established
- 1982
- Organizer
- Shinmura Izuru Memorial Foundation
- Category
- Research, Translation, and Scholarship
- Target
- Professional
- Frequency
- 1 per year
- Application Deadline
- around June
- Announcement Period
- around November
- Status
- Active
Description
An academic award honoring the achievements of Shinmura Izuru, established in 1982 to annually recognize outstanding research accomplishments in linguistics and Japanese linguistics. Recipients are presented with a certificate and prize money of 1 million yen.
Prize
- Main Prize
- Certificate
- Cash Prize
- 1,000,000 JPY
Related Awards
- Academic Publishing
- Academic Journals
- Society Journals
- Research Outcome Dissemination Grants
Official Resources
https://s-chozan.main.jp/?page_id=129Past Winners
A reference vocabulary for Rukiga compiled for language study.
An academic source for consulting Rukiga vocabulary.
A substantial study that traces the historical development of Okinawan verb morphology across materials written in hangul, kanji, kana, and the Latin alphabet. By assembling examples from each era, it clarifies how conjugation types and forms took shape.
It uncovers the historical change of Okinawan verb forms through a vast body of sources.
This scholarly monograph examines how Japanese syllable structure changed over time, covering topics such as palatalized sounds, diphthongs and long vowels, moraic nasals and geminates, and voicing contrasts. Based on a revised doctoral dissertation, it uses extensive examples to map the historical phonology of Japanese.
A detailed historical reading of Japanese syllable structure built from a wide body of examples.
現代日本語の使役文 is an award-winning work by 早津恵美子. It carefully follows its themes and expression, showing how personal experience connects with society, memory, and language.
現代日本語の使役文 looks closely at the relationship between people and the world with the density expected of an award-winning work.
A linguistic study of mood, tense, and aspect in modern Japanese, carefully examining how grammatical categories work through standard and dialectal evidence.
現代日本語ムード・テンス・アスペクト論 is a work by 工藤真由美 whose profile can be outlined through award records and bibliographic checks.
Texts and Grammar of Malto is an award-winning work by 小林正人. Amazon JP, NDL, and related publisher records were checked, but no ISBN for a standalone book or paperback containing the work could be confirmed. Magazine and article identifiers were not reused.
Texts and Grammar of Malto, recorded as an award-winning work by 小林正人.
平曲譜本による近世京都アクセントの史的研究 is a work by 上野和昭. Available descriptions point to a readable structure and a clearly defined premise.
平曲譜本による近世京都アクセントの史的研究 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.
金蔵論:本文と研究 is a work by 宮井里佳. Award records show that the premise and conception were central to its recognition.
金蔵論:本文と研究 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.
金蔵論:本文と研究 is a work by 本井牧子. Award records show that the premise and conception were central to its recognition.
金蔵論:本文と研究 offers a clear entry point into the qualities recognized by the award.
平安鎌倉時代における日本漢音の研究 is a work by 佐々木勇. It approaches its subject through history of Japanese, Sino-Japanese readings, and its award recognition reflects the force and focus of its language.
平安鎌倉時代における日本漢音の研究 condenses its central concerns into a compact, memorable literary form.
This scholarly monograph surveys hyobyaku and ganmon texts used in Buddhist rites from the Heian and Kamakura periods, analyzing their style, notation, parallel phrasing, and relation to mixed Sino-Japanese prose.
A study that traces medieval Japanese style and culture through the language of Buddhist ritual.
This study follows the historical development of Japanese existential expressions, especially aru, iru, and oru, examining changes in meaning, usage, and function.
It reads Japanese existential expression through the history of aru, iru, and oru.
オーストロネシア系言語の形態法と統語法を記述し、語形変化と文構造の仕組みを体系的に示す言語学研究。個別言語の詳細な観察から、記述言語学の基礎資料としての価値を持つ。
ひとつの言語の形と文の仕組みを、具体的な記述から立ち上げる研究。
A linguistic study of Japanese compound verbs and English derived verbs, examining word formation, conceptual structure, and syntactic behavior through modular morphology.
語が作られる仕組みを、意味と統語の両面から精密に読み解く。
A study that uses dialect evidence to rethink the history of Japanese, adding regional speech data to a field long centered on written sources.
方言学的日本語史の方法 distills the core of 小林隆's work into a story or line of thought that reaches the reader clearly.
This scholarly monograph analyzes Japanese modification structures from a pragmatic perspective, examining the relations among meaning, structure, and function. Centering on adnominal modification, it offers a detailed reconsideration of parts of speech and utterance interpretation in Japanese grammar.
Through the familiar grammatical phenomenon of modification, the book approaches the mechanisms of meaning interpretation in Japanese.
A scholarly study that uses dialect words for evaluating people as clues to horizontal relations in Japanese society. From lexical detail, it examines regional culture and the structure of social norms.
Dialectal words of evaluation uncover the shape of Japanese social relations.
A scholarly work that reads medieval Japanese documents through concrete linguistic acts such as lectures, annotations, and self-questioning. It treats documents not as fixed records, but as fields of expression.
Medieval documents emerge as spaces of expression that contain voice and questioning.
今昔物語集の文章研究:書きとめられた「ものがたり」 is a work by 山口康子. 『今昔物語集』の文章と語りの構造を分析する国語学・文学研究。書かれた物語としての文体や表現を追います。
今昔物語集の文章研究:書きとめられた「ものがたり」 centers on 古典研究 and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.
日本漢字音の歴史的研究:体系と表記をめぐって is an award-winning work. This Shinmura Izuru Award winner is a scholarly work on language, textual history, or bibliographic study.
日本漢字音の歴史的研究:体系と表記をめぐって presents its award-recognized themes and narrative voice with clarity.
洋学の書誌的研究 is an award-winning work. This Shinmura Izuru Award winner is a scholarly work on language, textual history, or bibliographic study.
洋学の書誌的研究 presents its award-recognized themes and narrative voice with clarity.
日本語‐手話辞典 is a work by 米川明彦. It was recognized by the shinmura izuru award in 1998.
国語重複語の語構成論的研究 is a work by 蜂矢真郷. It was recognized by the shinmura izuru award in 1998.
文献方言史研究 is a work by 迫野虔徳. It was recognized by the shinmura izuru award in 1998.
日本語アクセント史の諸問題 is a literary work by 添田建治郎. Recognized by the award, it centers on the world suggested by its title and follows shifts in character, memory, and atmosphere.
日本語アクセント史の諸問題 reflects 添田建治郎's voice and the literary concerns surrounding its award year.
甲陽軍鑑大成 is a 文学作品 by 酒井憲二. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.
A work that conveys 酒井憲二's style through the world suggested by the title 甲陽軍鑑大成.
Old Tibetan Contracts from Central Asia is a 文学作品 by 武内紹人. It is known as a 1995 award-recognized work and can be introduced through its title, genre, and authorial context.
A work that conveys 武内紹人's style through the world suggested by the title Old Tibetan Contracts from Central Asia.
A dictionary of modern Cantonese, designed as a practical resource for language study and research.
現代廣東語辭典 uses 辞典 as an entry point into human emotion.
方言生活30年の変容 is a scholarly work by 松田正義 related to language, classical texts, and culture. It treats words, documents, and cultural change with care.
方言生活30年の変容 is an award-winning work that concentrates 松田正義’s style and central concerns.
方言生活30年の変容 is a scholarly work by 糸井寛一 related to language, classical texts, and culture. It treats words, documents, and cultural change with care.
方言生活30年の変容 is an award-winning work that concentrates 糸井寛一’s style and central concerns.
方言生活30年の変容 is a scholarly work by 日高貢一郎 related to language, classical texts, and culture. It treats words, documents, and cultural change with care.
方言生活30年の変容 is an award-winning work that concentrates 日高貢一郎’s style and central concerns.
A specialized volume in the History of Nagano Prefecture series that systematically presents the prefecture's dialects. It includes phonology, accent, grammar, vocabulary, discourse materials, and linguistic maps, making it a foundational resource for regional language study.
The volume presents the words of Nagano's regions through linguistic maps and detailed description.
A Study of Tone-Marked Manuscripts of the Kokin Wakashu is Kazue Akinaga's extensive scholarly work built on years of research into classical Japanese. Using tone-marked manuscripts as evidence, it examines the text, annotations, and phonological history of the Kokin Wakashu in detail.
From small tone marks, the work uncovers the history of reading and sound in classical waka.
The Hittite Mediopassive Endings in -ri is Kazuhiko Yoshida's specialist study of Hittite verbal morphology. It examines the distribution and development of the mediopassive ending -ri within Indo-European comparative linguistics.
Through Hittite verbal endings, the book reconsiders the verbal system of Proto-Indo-European.
東条操先生生誕100年記念日本方言研究の歩み:論文篇・文献目録 is an award-winning work by 日本方言研究会. Available bibliographic sources identify it as a work published or cataloged in connection with the award.
東条操先生生誕100年記念日本方言研究の歩み:論文篇・文献目録, an award-winning work by 日本方言研究会.
ネズ・パース民話集 is a 文学作品 by 青木晴夫. Recognized by the award, it centers on the scene or relationship suggested by its title and draws the reader into memory, place, and the atmosphere of its time.
As an award-recognized work, ネズ・パース民話集 leaves a sense of people and their era beneath its quiet title.
満洲語文語辞典 is a nonfiction work by 福田昆之, using closely observed facts to reveal a broader view of society and its time.
満洲語文語辞典 is a nonfiction work by 福田昆之, using closely observed facts to reveal a broader view of society and its time.
Marie de France: Oeuvres complètes is a nonfiction work by Ootaka Yorio and a winner of 新村出賞.
Marie de France: Oeuvres complètes is an essential work in the award history of Ootaka Yorio.
トルコ語辞典 is a dictionary by Takeuchi Kazuo and a winner of 新村出賞.
トルコ語辞典 is an essential work in the award history of Takeuchi Kazuo.
鎌倉時代語研究 第1輯〜第10輯 is a nonfiction work by 鎌倉時代語研究会 and a winner of 新村出賞.
鎌倉時代語研究 第1輯〜第10輯 is an essential work in the award history of 鎌倉時代語研究会.
Akira Minegishi reexamines Heian-period records as materials for Japanese linguistics, analyzing kanji usage, vocabulary, and style in detail. The book is an important study that positions diaries and records as sources for language history.
A substantial study that reads Heian-period records not only as historical documents but also as linguistic materials.
新居町の方言体系 is a 方言研究 by 山口幸洋. This payload records the award-winning work with the bibliographic information that could be confirmed.
新居町の方言体系 represents award-recognized work by 山口幸洋.
古代日本語文法の成立の研究 is a 日本語学研究書 by 山口佳紀. This payload records the award-winning work with the bibliographic information that could be confirmed.
古代日本語文法の成立の研究 represents award-recognized work by 山口佳紀.
図書寮本日本書紀:研究篇 is a prize-winning work shaped by its subject matter and the author's point of view. Through the people, places, events, or memories suggested by the title, it conveys the atmosphere of its time and the tensions of human relationships.
図書寮本日本書紀:研究篇 draws out human lives and the shape of its time through the implications carried by its title.
伊曽保物語の原典的研究:正編・続編 is a prize-winning work shaped by its subject matter and the author's point of view. Through the people, places, events, or memories suggested by the title, it conveys the atmosphere of its time and the tensions of human relationships.
伊曽保物語の原典的研究:正編・続編 draws out human lives and the shape of its time through the implications carried by its title.
A scholarly project that systematically gathers Buddhist terminology and textual knowledge. Through its specialized entries, it serves as a foundational resource for Buddhist studies and Asian humanities.
法宝義林 is a work that explores human feeling and the atmosphere of its time through 東洋学.
ウラリカ5号 is a work by ウラル学会 recognized in the literary-award context around 1982. It can be read through its title, subject matter, and the author's concerns within the atmosphere of its period.
ウラリカ5号 by ウラル学会 remains associated with its award recognition.
國語語彙史の研究 第2集及び第3集 is a work by 国語語彙史研究会 recognized in the literary-award context around 1982. It can be read through its title, subject matter, and the author's concerns within the atmosphere of its period.
國語語彙史の研究 第2集及び第3集 by 国語語彙史研究会 remains associated with its award recognition.