| Project/Area Number |
03610240
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
英語・英文学(アメリカ語･アメリカ文学)
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| Research Institution | KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MIWA Nobuharu KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW AND LETTERS PROFESSOR, 法文学部, 教授 (40093629)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | Loanword / Double structure of English / Linguistic change / Diachronic / 借用語(loan word) / 英語の二重構造性(double language) / 意味変化(semantic charge) / 外来語 / 言語の二重構造性(double language) |
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| Research Abstract |
IN THIS RESEARCH THE AUTHOR INVESTIGATED THE REASON OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORD BORROWED IN THE COURSE OF THE LONG HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED VAST NUMBER OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES, BUT THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS LAID ON THE PROCESS OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORDS. AND NO STUDIES ON THE REASON IN THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORD HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
THE AUTHOR HAS TRIED TO CLARIFIED THE REASON OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF THE LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH BY THE DIACHRONIC VIEWPOINT INITIATED BY A. MARTINET AND W. VON WARTBURG. IN CH. 1 GENERAL VIEW ON THE WAY HOW TO STUDY THE REASON OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE IS DESCRIBED. IN CH. 2, THE REASON OF PARTICULAR SEMANTIC CHANGE OF FRENCH LOANWORD nice IS DISCUSSED. THE PARTICULAR AND REMARKABLE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF nice WAS CERTAINLY CAUSED BY THE double structure of English, learned and popular. SOME OF THE LINGUISTIC CHANGE CAN BE EXPLAINED AS CAUSED BY THE double structure of English, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT IN THE INVESTIGATION OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE.
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