方ほう言げん周しゅう圏けん論ろん

noun

center versus periphery theory

A theory in Japanese dialectology proposing that older linguistic forms are preserved in peripheral areas while innovations spread from the cultural center. Also known as the 'wave theory' of dialect diffusion.

• 方ほう言げん周しゅう圏けん論ろんによれば、古ふるい語ご形けいは周しゅう辺へん部ぶに残のこる。

  According to the center versus periphery theory, older word forms remain in peripheral areas.

• 柳やなぎ田た國くに男おが提てい唱しょうした方ほう言げん周しゅう圏けん論ろんは、日本にほん語ごの方ほう言げん研けん究きゅうに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The center versus periphery theory proposed by Kunio Yanagita greatly influenced Japanese dialect research.