方言地理学的宗旨及其应用——岩田礼教授访谈录

The Aim and Application of Geolinguistics： an Interview with Professor Ray Iwata

本文是对著名语言学家岩田礼教授的访谈。岩田礼教授首先简要介绍了自己的学术历程,然后重点说明了方言地理学的研究目标及方法,总结了中日学者在方言研究路径上的差异,并讨论了方言保护及其社会语言学研究问题。岩田教授还畅谈了方言地理学在生活与学术中的意义。岩田礼教授认为方言地理语言学的宗旨在于重建语言变化的历史,并由此来理解人类的认知,促进人类文化的传承与发展。

The paper interviewed the world renowned linguist Ray Iwata. Professor Ray Iwata briefly introduced his own academic journey, and then he focused on the main goal and research methods in geolinguistics, based on which Professor Ray Iwata summarized the differences in research approaches between Chinese and Japanese scholars in geolinguistics, and discussed the protections of dialects a. Furthermore, Professor Ray Iwata pointed out the significance of geolinguistics both in people‘s daily life and academy. Finally, Professor Ray Iwata illuestrated his idea that the aim of geolinguistics is to reconstruct the history of linguistic alternations in order to understand human‘s cognition and promotes cultures‘ heritage and development.