| Date / Time | 9-13 August 2016,Tue.- Sat. 9:00 ‐ 17:00 *The last day : 10:00-13:00 |
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| Venue | Skypod Hostel at Kota Kinabalu |
| Language | English, Malay |
| Jointly sponsored by | Kota Kinabalu Liaison Office(ILCAA, TUFS), Core resarch program “The potential value of indigenous knowledge in managing hazards in Asia and Africa: Anthropological explorations linking micro-macro perspectives” and Core resarch program “Linguistic Dynamics Science (LingDy3) ” |
- Aims :
- The aim of this workshop is to bring together linguists from Japan, the US and Malaysia and native speakers of languages spoken in Sabah State to investigate the socio-linguistic situation in the area and the features of indigenous languages and varieties of Malay spoken in Sabah.
- Participants :
- Asako Shiohara (ILCAA, TUFS)
Hiroki Nomoto (TUFS)
Kartini Abd. Wahab (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Hooi Ling Soh (University of Minnesota, ILCAA Joint Researcher)
Yoshimi Miyake (Akita University) - Native Speaker Consultants :
- Mohd Izzuddin Fitri Bin Abd Aziz (Bahasa Melayu Brunei)
Nelson Dino (Bahasa Sug / Suluk)
Mabulmaddin Shaiddin (Bahasa Iranun)
Reo Richie H Bating (Bahasa Dusun) - Report :
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After collecting the information about each consultant, each participant conducted elicitation sessions with a native speaker.
- Nomoto and Kartini conducted research on Bahasa Dusun.
- Soh and Shiohara worked on varieties of Malay spoken in Sabah. Soh is a member of the ILCAA research project titled ‘Semantics of Discourse Particles in East and Southeast Asian Languages.’. She conducted research on the discourse particle dah for the project. Shiohara is working on information structure of Malay. She focused on the usage of the passive voice construction for the research.
- Miyake is conducting research on ‘the way people tell their experience’. She collected monologs from consultants for the project.
- Shiohara is conducting a research project on language documentation of the area. She recorded narratives of indigenous languages, such as folktales and their life histories for the project; two videos recorded are now available on the website under permission of speakers. -
A story of Kandalayang, a king of the sea told by Mabulmaddin Shaiddin (Iranun Language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIo3Tim7A4 -
A story of cow stone: Batu Sapi told by Nelson Dino (Sug Language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvv7nV8TR2o -
Other audio and video recordings will be published on the website below in due time under permission of speakers.
http://id-lang-rc.aa-ken.jp/?page_id=856
| Day2, 9 August 2016 (Tue.) | |
| 9:00-9:10 | Opening: Asako Shiohara |
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| 9:10-10:00 | Discussing technical issues: recording, metadata, software |
| 10:00-12:00 | meeting with language consultants |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-16:30 | Collecting basic data of Sabah Malay and Dusun |
| 16:30-17:00 | Review of the day |
| Day2, 10 August 2016 (Wed.) Collecting basic data of Dusun | |
| 9:00-10:00 | introducing research topics: Hiroki Nomoto and Kartini Abd Wahab |
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| 10:00-12:00 | Working with consultants (1) |
| 13:00-16:00 | Working with consultants (2) |
| 16:00-17:00 | Review of the day |
| Day3, 11 August 2016 (Thu.) Various aspects of Sabah Malay (1): Aspect and voice in Sabah Malay | |
| 9:00-10:00 | introducing research topics: Hooi Ling Soh and Asako Shiohara |
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| 10:00-12:00 | Working with consultants (1) |
| 13:00-16:00 | Working with consultants (2) |
| 16:00-17:00 | Review of the day |
| Day4, 12 August 2016 (Fri.) Various aspects of Sabah Malay (1): Deixis and discourse marker in Sabah Malay | |
| 9:00-10:00 | introducing research topics: Hooi Ling Soh, Asako Shiohara and Yoshimi Miyake |
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| 10:00-12:00 | Working with consultants (1) |
| 13:00-16:00 | Working with consultants (2) |
| 16:00-17:00 | Review of the day |
| Day5, 13 August 2016 (Sat.) Reporting the outcome of the workshop | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Asako Shiohara |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Hooi Ling Soh |
| 11:00-11:30 | Yoshimi Miyake |
| 11:30-12:00 | Hiroki Nomoto and Kartini Abd Wahab |
| 12:00-13:00 | General discussion and closing |
