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The semantic, syntactic, and phonological properties of negative polar interrogatives in Japanese

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02476
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

Oshima Yoshikazu  名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (40466644)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ホワン ヒョンギョン  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 脳神経科学研究センター, 研究員 (80704858)
伊藤 怜  三重大学, 人文学部, 特任講師(教育担当) (80755736)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords否定極性疑問文 / 認識的バイアス / 情報構造 / 音調
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Negative polar interrogatives in (standard) Japanese come in two varieties: (i) ones that convey a positive epistemic bias and where the word containing the negation is tonally subdued (the P-type), and (ii) ones that convey a negative epistemic bias and where the word containing the negation is not tonally subdued (the NN-type). Our research examined the prosodic and semantic properties of each type. Also, features exhibited by the two Japanese constructions were compared with ones of the counterparts in English and South Gyeongsang Korean.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

否定疑問文は複雑な意味的・語用論的性質を持ち、また日常的なよく用いられる構文でもある。理論言語学において、否定疑問文は大きな関心を集めてきたが、これまでの研究の大部分は英語のデータを基に展開されており、英語以外(特に非印欧語)における同構文の性質を検証し、どのような類似点・相違点があるかを明らかにすることが求められている。本研究によって得られた日本語における同構文の意味分析は、今後の一般言語学的・類型論観点からの否定疑問文の研究に貢献することが期待される。また、否定疑問文の使用範囲(使用条件)にはたとえば日英語間でもかなりの違いがあり、的確な記述は外国語教育にも資する可能性を持つ。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Biased questions in South Kyeongsang Korean: A preliminary study2017

    • Author(s)
      Hwang, Hyun Kyung
    • Journal Title

      アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究

      Volume: 94 Pages: 277-289

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] On two varieties of negative polar interrogatives in Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Ito, Satoshi and David Y. Oshima
    • Journal Title

      Japanese/Korean Linguistics

      Volume: 23 Pages: 229-243

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 否定極性疑問文の伝達する慣習的推意2019

    • Author(s)
      大島デイヴィッド義和
    • Organizer
      ワークショップ: 極性表現の構造・意味・機能
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Epistemic bias interacts with prosodic pattern in South Gyeongsang Korean2018

    • Author(s)
      Hyun Kyung HWANG
    • Organizer
      The 26th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The prosody of positively biased negative polar interrogatives in Japanese: Post-focal reduction or deaccenting?2017

    • Author(s)
      Oshima, David Y.
    • Organizer
      Chicago Linguistic Society 53
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Remarks on epistemically biased questions2017

    • Author(s)
      Oshima, David Y.
    • Organizer
      The 31st Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Prosodic patterns of Japanese negative polar questions2017

    • Author(s)
      Ito, Satoshi
    • Organizer
      Re-Locating the Local in an Age of Global Capital, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Biased questions in Tokyo Japanese and South Kyeongsang Korean2016

    • Author(s)
      Hwang, Hyun Kyung
    • Organizer
      International symposium on Japanese and Korean accent: Diachrony, reconstruction, and typology
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo University of Foreign studies
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-02
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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