Hattori Shirō

Hattori Shirō ( Japanese 服 部 四郎 ; born May 29, 1908 in Kameyama ( Mie Prefecture ); died January 29, 1995 in Fujisawa ( Kanagawa Prefecture )) was a Japanese linguist.

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Hattori Shirō graduated from the Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities at Tōkyō University in 1936 . He then became a lecturer at his alma mater, assistant professor in 1942 and professor in 1949. In 1959 he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan , and in 1955 at Ryūkyū University . In 1969 he was adopted as "Meiyo Kyōju". From 1975 to 1976 he was chairman of the Japanese Society for Linguistics (( 言語 学会Nihon gengo gakkai ).

His research focused on the Altaic languages , but he also looked at other Asian languages. Mostly he used the results of western linguistic research, especially the American one. But he also tried to develop a Japan-oriented linguistic research. Belong to his works

• "Phonology" (音 声学, Onseigaku) ​​1951,
• "Lines of Development of the Japanese Language" (Nihongo no keitō, 日本語 の 系統) 1959, and
• "Methods of Linguistics" (言語 学 の 方法, Gengogaku no hōhō) 1960.

In 1971 Hattori was honored as a person with special cultural merits , in 1972 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences , in 1983 he was awarded the Order of Culture .

Remarks

1. ↑ Meiyo Kyōju ( 名誉 教授 ) is occasionally rendered in German as "Professor emeritus". But in contrast to this title, which is automatically used on retirement, this is a special award only occasionally granted in Japan.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Hattori Shirō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 510.

Web links

• CVs Hattori Shrō in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Hattori is the family name, Shirō the first name.