Kokugo Nenkan (Japanese Language Studies: Annual Survey and Bibliography)

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“Kokugo Nenkan: Japanese Language Studies; Annual Survey and Bibliography”, first issued in 1954, is the only annual Japanese publication encompassing Japanese language research.

“Kokugo-Nenkan: Japanese Language Studies; Annual Survey and Bibliography 2008 Edition” (Dainippon-Tosho) was published.A5 /674 pages/ Price 8,085yen(tax including)
The 2008 Edition contains documents issued mainly between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

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Descriptions

Chapter 1: Research Trends.This chapter gives digest on trends in research publications on Japanese language.

"Trends in published books"
"Trends in professional journal articles"
"Trends in general magazine articles"
"Trends in the newspaper articles"

Chapter 2: Literature.This chapter contains several bibliographies.

"Published book list"
"Book publisher list"
"Journal article list"
"Journal publisher list"
"General magazines / features, serials, catalogue of interviews"

Chapter 3: Contact Lists.This chapter is a directory of researchers and societies engaged in Japanese language studies.

"Directory of persons concerned with Japanese Linguistics"
"List of the academic societies and organizations"
"Personnel directory of the academic institutes and council"

index: List of authors for "Published book list" and "Jornal article list" of "Chapter 2 Literature"
Appendix: CD-ROM. Articles in "Published book list" and "Jornal article list" of "Chapter 2 Literature"is provided in PDF and text formats.

Descriptions of awarded grant-in-aid for scientific research

“Descriptions of awarded grant-in-aid for scientific research FY2004(Heisei16)” (in Japanese) [ PDF | 314KB ]
“Descriptions of awarded grant-in-aid for scientific research FY2005(Heisei17)” (in Japanese) [ PDF | 328KB ]
“Descriptions of awarded grant-in-aid for scientific research FY2006(Heisei18)” (in Japanese) [ PDF | 241KB ]
“Descriptions of awarded grant-in-aid for scientific research FY2007(Heisei19)” (in Japanese) [ PDF | 382KB ]

Secondary contents usage

Some contents of "Kokugo-Nenkan: Japanese Language Studies; Annual Survey and Bibliography" are published in the following media.

Bibliography / Database

Bibliography (Collaboration between the National Institute for Japanese Language and the Society of Japanese Linguistics)

  • “Floppy Disk:Bibliography of Japanese language research: Journals” published by Shuei-shuppan (1989)
  • “Literature index of Japanese language research: Phonologic” published by Shuei-shuppan (1994)
  • “Literature index of Japanese Language research: History” published by Shuei-shuppan (1996)

Database on our website

  • “Bibliographical index of Japanese Language Ver. 1.02”
    (Collaboration between the National Institute for Japanese Language and the Society for Japanese Linguistics)
  • “Bibliographical index of Japanese language. Supplementary data No.1 Ver. 0.9” (the National Institute for Japanese Language)
  • “Bibliographical index of Japanese Language. Supplementary data No.2 Ver. 0.9” (the National Institute for Japanese Language)

Archive of articles

The following articles have been selected based on data in “Kokugo-Nenkan: Japanese Language Studies; Annual Survey and Bibliography”.

  • “Collected Articles on The Japanese Language Studies” (issued annually by RONSETSU SHIRYO HOZONKAI under the supervision of the National Institute for Japanese Language. The latest edition is the No.42.)