Toward a unified account of root phenomena: with focus on topicalization
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15K02488
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
NASU Norio 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00347519)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | 主節現象 / 話題化 / 節構造 / カートグラフィー / 対人モダリティ / 演算子移動 / 認識的モダリティ / 題目 / 対照主題 / 場面設定主題 / 介在効果 / 従属節 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The result of this study is as follows: (1) Bare topics exhibit the greatest degree of root-orientation, whereas contrastive topics exhibit the lowest degree of root-orientation. Among topic expressions categorized in between, thematic topics exhibit higher degree of root-orientation than scene-setting topics. (2)Subordinate clauses tolerating topicalization constitute phases, whereas those which resist it do not. (3) Thematic and scene-setting topics interact with operator movement, whereas contrastive topics do not. (4) A thematic topic is licensed via a probe-goal relation postulated in the minimalist theory in generative grammar. (5) An element with extremely strong root-orientation occurs in Speech Act Phrase, which is unique to a root clause.
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