National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Japanese: 国立国語研究所 - こくりつこくごけんきゅうじょ
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

A research institute that constitutes the National Institutes for the Humanities, an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation established under the National University Corporation Act. Its English name is the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, and its abbreviation is Kokugoken. Founded in 1948 (Showa 23), it is an institute that conducts research on the Japanese language, and joined the National Institutes for the Humanities in 2009 (Heisei 21). It is located in Midori-cho, Tachikawa City, Tokyo.

Since becoming part of the National Institutes for the Humanities, the institute has aimed to "build on the research it has accumulated thus far and, as an international research hub, to carry out large-scale theoretical and empirical collaborative research with domestic and overseas universities and research institutes in order to elucidate the full picture of the characteristics of the Japanese language and to deepen understanding and insight into human beings through the study of language." It also states that "an important mission is to widely disseminate and provide the results of collaborative research and related research literature information to society, and to contribute to various applications such as Japanese language education and natural language processing."

A joint graduate program with Hitotsubashi University began in 2005. This program is aimed at Japanese students and international students residing in Japan, and aims to train researchers and Japanese language educators with specialized knowledge of Japanese language education, Japanese linguistics, and Japanese culture, with NINJAL being in charge of the field of Japanese linguistics. The first director was Nishio Minoru (in office from 1949 to 1960).

[Kenji Yamauchi May 21, 2018]

[References] | Japanese Language Issues | Minoru Nishio | Japanese Language | Japanese Language Education | National Institutes for the Humanities

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

国立大学法人法に基づいて設置された、大学共同利用機関法人人間文化研究機構を構成する研究機関。英語名はNational Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics、略称は国語研。1948年(昭和23)に設立された日本語の調査研究を行う機関で、2009年(平成21)から人間文化研究機構に加わっている。所在地は東京都立川市緑町。

 同研究所は、人間文化研究機構傘下となって以降、「これまでの研究の蓄積を踏まえながら、研究の国際的拠点として国内および海外の大学・研究機関と大規模な理論的・実証的共同研究を展開することによって日本語の特質の全貌(ぜんぼう)を解明し、言語の研究を通して人間に関する理解と洞察を深めること」を目的としている。また、「共同研究の成果や関連する研究文献情報を広く社会に発信・提供し、日本語教育、自然言語処理など様々な応用面に寄与することも重要な使命」としている。

 2005年から一橋(ひとつばし)大学との連携大学院プログラムが始まった。このプログラムは、日本人および滞日留学生を対象としており、日本語教育学、日本語学、日本文化に関する専門的な知識を備えた研究者や日本語教育者を育成することを目ざすものであり、国語研は日本語学の分野を担当している。初代所長は西尾実(にしおみのる)(在任期間は1949~1960年)。

[山内乾史 2018年5月21日]

[参照項目] | 国語問題 | 西尾実 | 日本語 | 日本語教育 | 人間文化研究機構

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