Hiroyuki Akitani
{{Short description|Japanese Chinese linguist}}
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{{nihongo|Hiroyuki Akitani|秋谷 裕幸 / あきたに ひろゆき|Akitani Hiroyuki|extra=born on 13 March 1963}} is a Japanese linguist who specializes in Chinese dialectology and phonology.
Early life and education
Hiroyuki Akitani was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 13 March 1963. He graduated from the Department of Literature at Waseda University in 1985. In 1988, he graduated from the Department of Literary Studies at Waseda University in 1988, and was promoted to the Department of Humanities Studies at Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1993.
Career
Akitani has been teaching at the Faculty of Law and Letters of Ehime University since 1996. He is currently serving as the director of the Japanese Chinese Language Society and is also the chairman of the Academic Outlook Editorial Committee.{{Cite web|title=|script-title=ja:秋谷 裕幸 (Hiroyuki Akitani) - マイポータル - researchmap|url=https://researchmap.jp/Akitani|access-date=2023-04-16|website=researchmap.jp|archive-date=2022-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105160551/https://researchmap.jp/Akitani}}
Research
Hiroyuki Akitani mainly studies the history of Chinese phonology and vocabulary.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-08 |title= |script-title=zh:书与人·第三期 {{!}} 日本人研究闽东方言 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PfhrHMwNkZgzBUkVhzQ5bw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416145556/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PfhrHMwNkZgzBUkVhzQ5bw |archive-date=2023-04-16 |access-date=2023-04-16 |publisher=Shanghai Education Press Language and Text Publishing Center}} He has performed research on Sinitic languages such as Min Chinese (in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Taiwan, etc.), Minxi (闽西, western Fujian) Hakka, Zhenan (浙南, southern Zhejiang) Wu, the Guanzhong dialect (关中片) and Fenhe dialect (汾河片) of Zhongyuan Mandarin,{{Cite book |last=Akitani |first=Hiroyuki |url=https://kobe-cufs.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=2292&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=17 |title= |location=Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |publication-date=2017 |script-title=zh:中原官话汾河片音韵史研究 |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416150130/https://kobe-cufs.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=2292&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=17 |archive-date=2023-04-16}} and the Lüliang dialect (晋语吕梁片) of Jin Chinese.
Since 1988, he has researched Eastern Min{{cite book |first=Hiroyuki|last=Akitani |script-title=zh:闽东区福宁片四县市方言音韵研究 |date=2010 |publisher=Fujian People's Publishing House |isbn=978-7-211-06148-8 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fl8XcgAACAAJ |accessdate=2023-04-16 |language=zh |archive-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416161241/https://books.google.com.tw/books/about/%E9%97%BD%E4%B8%9C%E5%8C%BA%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%81%E7%89%87%E5%9B%9B%E5%8E%BF%E5%B8%82%E6%96%B9%E8%A8%80%E9%9F%B3%E9%9F%B5.html?id=Fl8XcgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y}} and Northern Min.Akitani, Hiroyuki 秋谷裕幸. 2008. Minbeiqu sanxianshi fangyan yanjiu 閩北區三縣市方言研究. Taipei: Academia Sinica. {{ISBN|9789860157451}}
Awards and recognition
- Li Fang-Kuei's Linguistic Essay Excellence Award, 2008
- Mishima kaiun Memorial Foundation Academic Award, 2005
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Category:Waseda University alumni
Category:Academic staff of Ehime University