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Morpho-Syntactic Studies of Compound Adjectives in English: Toward Universalities of Compounding

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03610235
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 英語・英文学(アメリカ語・アメリカ文学)
Research InstitutionIbaraki University

Principal Investigator

NAMIKI Takayasu  Associate Professor,Faculty of Education,Ibaraki University, 教育学部, 助教授 (90106740)

Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1992
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
Budget Amount *help
¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
KeywordsMorphology / Word Formation / Compounding / Compound / Compound Adjective / Head Word / Productivity / Recursion / 普遍性 / 派生
Research Abstract

The aim of this research is to explicate morphological and syntactic properties of compound adjectives in English, paying attention to universalities as well as language-specific properties. Specifically, the following questions have been raised and attempts have been made to answer them: (1) to what extent are compound adjectives recursive?; (2) what are similarities and differences between two main types of compound adjectives (i.e. [X-A]_A and [X-Ved]_A) and what complements compound adjectives take?; (3) what properties do Japanese compound adjectives have and what can be candidates for universalities of compounding?
As for (1), it has been made clear that recursion in compound adjectives are limited to cases such as motor car accident prone seeming, although there are many examples showing recursion in a compound noun element of the lefthand side such as ginger ale bottle green. As for (2), the two main types are similar in that they can be paraphrased with adjective phrases consisting of A (Ved) P NP (e.g. tax-free = free of/from tax, propane-loaded =loaded with propane), but they are different in that only the former allows coordinated internal structure (i.e. deaf-mute). The third issue has been investigated from a viewpoint of the position of a head of compounds, and general processes of changing head-initial structures into head-final structures have been found. General properties of compound adjectives have been clarified through my research for these past two years.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1992 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1991 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All Other

All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] 竝木 崇康: "形態論" 海外言語学情報(大修館). 7. 179-189 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 竝木 崇康: "英語の造語力-日本語との対照-" 日本語学(明治書院、5月号). 11. 66-74 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takayasu NAMIKI: "Aspects of Compound Adlectines in English" 中尾俊夫博士還暦記念論文集(リーベル出版). (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Namiki, Takayasu.: "Morphology." Kaigai Gengogaku Jouhou (Current Trends in Overseas Linguistics). No.6. 179-189 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Namiki, Takayasu.: "Productivity of English: A Contrastive Study of English and Japanese Word Formation." Nihongogaku(Japanese Linguistics,). Vol.11 No.5. 66-74 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Namiki, Takayasu.: "Aspects of Compound Adjectives in English." A Festschrift for Dr. Toshio Nakao on his Sixtieth Birthday, ed by Shuji Chiba et al.,Kaitakusha Publishing Co.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 竝木 崇康: "形態論" 『海外言語学情報』. 6. 179-189 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 竝木 崇康: "英語の造語力ー日本語との対照ー" 『日本語学』. 11. 66-74 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Takayasu Namiki: "Aspects of Compound Adjectives in English" 『中尾俊夫博士還暦記念論文集』. (1993)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 竝木 崇康: "英語の造語力ー日本語との対照ー" 『日本語学』(明治書院,5月号). 11. (1992)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 竝木 崇康: "現代英語の複合形容詞" 『茨城大学教育学部紀要(人文・社会科学,芸術)』. 41. (1993)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Takayasu NAMIKI: "Theoretical Aspects of Compounding" 『中尾俊夫博士還暦記念論文集』(リ-ベル出版). (1993)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report

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