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Kurabe Keita

クラベ ケイタ | Kurabe Keita
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Research field  (2): Linguistics ,  Local studies
Research keywords  (7): Linguistics ,  Tibeto-Burman ,  Language documentation ,  Phonology ,  Language contact ,  Linguistic typology ,  Myanmar
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (30):
  • 2024 - 2028 Research on the Resource Development of Jinghpaw Orature Materials
  • 2024 - 2027 Phonetic typology from cross-linguistic perspectives (Phase 2)
  • 2022 - 2027 Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa
  • 2023 - 2026 Research based on Dr. Shigeru Tsuchida’s data on Formosan languages
  • 2022 - 2026 Morphology and syntax of Narrative
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Papers (55):
  • Randy J. LaPolla, Keita Kurabe. Manifestations of Jinghpaw influence among Rawang speakers. Asian and African Languages and Linguistics. 2024. 4. 2. 273-290
  • Keita Kurabe. Jinghpaw loanword typology: Is the Jinghpaw lexicon conservative or innovative?. Asian Languages and Linguistics. 2024. 4. 2. 118-134
  • Keita Kurabe. The origin of the Manau dance: A folktale text in Jinghpaw. In Masaki Nohara and Takumi Ikeda (eds.) Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages 6: Typology and Historical Change. 2024. 55-65
  • Keita Kurabe, Shiho Ebihara, Kazue Iwasa, Satoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Suzuki. System of 'sibling' terms in Tibeto-Burman. In Chitsuko Fukushima, Satoko Shirai, Mika Fukazawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mitsuaki Endo (eds.) Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa 3. 2023. 28-31
  • Keita Kurabe. Hpu Lum Htu and two boys: A folktale text in Jinghpaw. Asian and African Languages and Linguistics. 2023. 17. 105-125
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MISC (27):
  • Keita Kurabe. The "Flower-Blooming Old Man" in Myanmar: A Folktale Text in Jinghpaw. Journal of Kijutsuken (Descriptive Linguistics Study Group). 2024. 16. 17-35
  • Keita Kurabe. The "Monkey-Crab Battle" in Myanmar: A Folktale Text in Jinghpaw. Journal of Kijutsuken (Descriptive Linguistics Study Group). 2024. 16. 1-15
  • Satoko Shirai, Keita Kurabe, Shiho Ebihara, Kazue Iwasa, Hiroyuki Suzuki. Numeral systems in Tibeto-Burman. In Chitsuko Fukushima, Satoko Shirai, Mika Fukazawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mitsuaki Endo (eds.) Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa 3. 2023. 172-176
  • Satoko Shirai, Shiho Ebihara, Kazue Iwasa, Keita Kurabe, Hiroyuki Suzuki. Alignment in Tibeto-Burman. In Chitsuko Fukushima, Satoko Shirai, Mika Fukazawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mitsuaki Endo (eds.) Linguistic Atlas of Asia and Africa 3. 2023. 88-95
  • Seunghun J. Lee, Keita Kurabe, Daisuke Shinagawa. Digital archives of understudied languages: PhoPhoNO and BantuDArc. Proceedings of Language Resources Workshop. 2023. 1. 387-391
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Books (7):
  • Linguistic Atlas of Asia
    Hituzi Syobo Publishing 2021
  • A dictionary of Jinghpaw usage
    ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 2020
  • Jinghpaw reader
    ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 2020
  • An introduction to Jinghpaw grammar
    ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 2020
  • Papers from the workshop "Phylogeny, dispersion, and contact of East and Southeast Asian languages and human groups"
    ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 2019
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Lectures and oral presentations  (143):
  • Towards Revitalization of Kachin Oral Literature
    (Ethnic Education in Myanmar Conference 2024 2024)
  • Digital Archiving of the Language and Culture of Northern Myanmar and its Utilization
    (デジタル・ヒューマニティーズで“繋がる×広がる”人文学 2024)
  • Creating picture story videos with the Kachin people
    (Joy of Folktales: Traditional tales from Buryat, Kachin and Tibet 2023)
  • Phonetics of aspirated and unaspirated fricatives in Burmese and Jinghpaw
    (The 56th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics 2023)
  • Propositional framing in Jinghpaw
    (SCOPIC Capstone Workshop 2023)
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Works (14):
  • Kachin Folktale Series 2
    Keita Kurabe, Shawanang, Kachin Orature Project 2024 - 現在
  • Kachin Folktale Series 1
    Keita Kurabe, Shawanang, Kachin Orature Project 2023 - 現在
  • Animated videos of Kachin folktales (KK3)
    Keita Kurabe 2023 - 現在
  • Kachin folktales (YouTube channel)
    Keita Kurabe 2020 - 現在
  • Kachin culture and history told in Jinghpaw (KK2)
    Keita Kurabe 2020 - 現在
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Professional career (2):
  • Doctor of Literature (Kyoto University)
  • Master of Literature (Kyoto University)
Work history (15):
  • 2022/10 - 現在 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies TUFS Field Science Commons
  • 2022/04 - 現在 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Associate professor
  • 2021/10 - 現在 Osaka University School of Foreign Studies Part-time Lecturer
  • 2018/04 - 現在 Institute of Language Research, TUFS Staff member
  • 2022/04 - 2022/09 Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters Part-time Lecturer
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Committee career (13):
  • 2024/04 - 現在 Journal of the Institute of Language Research Editorial board member
  • 2023/04 - 現在 Journal of Asian and African Studies Editorial Committee
  • 2021/04 - 現在 Geolinguistic Society of Japan Management Committee, Website
  • 2020/11 - 現在 Language Documentation & Conservation Editorial board member
  • 2018/04 - 現在 Asian and African Languages and Linguistics Editorial board member
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Awards (3):
  • 2019/11 - The Linguistic Society of Japan The Best Paper Award of LSJ (2019) "Deaspiration and the laryngeal specification of fricatives in Jinghpaw"
  • 2018/11 - The Linguistic Society of Japan The 156th LSJ Meeting Presentation Awards "The syllabicity of the word-initial nasal in Jinghpaw"
  • 2013/11 - The Linguistic Society of Japan The 146th LSJ Meeting Presentation Awards "On the tone of the syllabic nasal in Jinghpaw"
Association Membership(s) (11):
North East Indian Linguistics Society ,  Burma Studies Group ,  Southeast Asian Linguistics Society ,  Australian Linguistic Society ,  ゾミア研究会 ,  言語記述研究会 ,  チベット=ビルマ言語学研究会 ,  日本言語類型論学会 ,  Phonetic Society of Japan ,  Linguistic Society of Japan ,  Geolinguistic Society of Japan
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