Research on the Variations of Oral Literature and Dialects of the Swahili Language on the East African Coast

东非海岸斯瓦希里语口述文学和方言变体研究

• 批准号: 63450064
• 负责人: MIYAMOTO Masaoki
• 金额: $ 1.79万
• 依托单位: Osaka University of Foreign Studies
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 1988 至 1990
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-63450064/
• 关键词: East Africa; Swahili region; Swahili language; Swahili literature; Islam; Oral literature; African literature; Dialectology; シャアバン・ビン・ロバ-ト; 『空想の国』; 『自由の戦いの歌』; 口承文芸; アフリカのイスラム

This project intends to clarify the innate characteristics of the so-called unique amalgam of the African and the Islamic factors in order to grasp the cultural and linguistic identities of the Swahilis, i.e. the East African coastal peoples. The investigator has endeavored to bring the variations of the Swahili dialects to the light and analyze them using the oral materials and classical written poems from the linguistic point of view. The ultimate purpose is to redefine the cultural and linguistic identities of the two distinguished traditions, i.e. the African and the Islamic.During the term of project, the investigator has published five books on this theme, i.e. Essays on Swahili Literature (1989), Africa seen from Literature (1989), Swahili Manuscripts of Shaaban Robert (1990), Language, Literature and African World (1991), Folktales of Tanzania (1991) and articles such as 'Writings and Civilization' (1990), 'Traditions and Innovations of Swahili Literature' (1991) and others.The investigator believes that some specific remarks against the wider African background could be drawn on the Swahili cultural and linguistic features from these books and articles. However, the present status of our knowledge still lacks comprehensive and systematic first hand information for the more strict analysis of the dialects and oral texts of this language. It should be also added that the dichotomous approach of the traditional African and the Islamic is something which might leads to misconceptions. Each component has already contained a lot of sub-cultural-linguistic features, both synchronically and diachronically.It seems an urgent need to carry out an extensive field research on Swahili dialects to break through the present deadlock of our pursuit of the final results.

该项目旨在阐明非洲所谓的独特汞齐的先天特征和伊斯兰因素，以掌握斯瓦希里语的文化和语言身份，即东非沿海人民。研究人员努力将斯瓦希里语方言的变化带入光线，并从语言的角度使用口头材料和经典的书面诗进行分析。最终目的是重新定义两种杰出传统的文化和语言身份，即非洲和伊斯兰。坦桑尼亚的民间故事（1991年）以及“著作与文明”（1990），“斯瓦希里语文学的传统和创新”（1991年）等文章。调查人员认为，可以从这些书籍和艺术品的斯瓦希里语文化和语言特征上绘制一些针对更广泛的非洲背景的具体评论。但是，我们知识的当前状态仍然缺乏对该语言的方言和口头文本进行更严格分析的全面和系统的第一手信息。还应补充说，传统非洲和伊斯兰教的二分法方法可能导致误解。每个组成部分都包含许多同步和直觉上的亚文化语言特征。似乎迫切需要对斯瓦希里语方言进行广泛的现场研究，以打破我们追求最终结果的当前僵局。

项目成果

宮本 正興: "タンザニアの昔ばなし" 偕成社(今村廣), 200 (1991)

宫本正树：“坦桑尼亚的民间故事”Kaiseisha（今村浩），200（1991）

Masaoki Miyamoto: "Swahili Manuscripts of Shaaban bin Robert, Kufikirika" Journal of Swahili and African Studies. No. 1. 27-76 (1990)

Masaoki Miyamoto：“Shaaban bin Robert 的斯瓦希里语手稿，Kufikirika”《斯瓦希里语和非洲研究杂志》。

Masaoki Miyamoto: Dai San Shokan. Africa seen from Literature, 360 (1989)

宫本正树：大三胜馆。

宮本 正興: "スワヒリ文学の風土" 大阪外国語大学アフリカ研究室(宮本正興), 213 (1989)

宫本正兴：《斯瓦希里文学的文化》大阪外国语大学非洲研究实验室（宫本正兴），213（1989）

宮本 正興: "文学から見たアフリカ" 第三書館(北川明), 360 (1989)

宫本正明：“从文学中看到的非洲”大三书馆（北川晃），360（1989）