A Comparative Linguistics Study on the Development of the Morphological System of the Proto-Germanic Strong Verbs

• Project/Area Number: 15K02520
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Toshiya 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 教授 (80207117)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); 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: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: Proto-Germanic / verb system / strong verbs / preterite-present verbs / paradigmatic levelling / morphological conflation / Verner's law / Narten imperfect / Osthoff's law / verbal system / the PIE perfect / past participle / preterite plural / the Narten hypothesis / PIE verbal system / Verner's Law / PGmc. verbal system / voiceless fricatives / the Narten imperfect

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This investigation aims to provide a new approach to the issue of how the Proto-Germanic strong verbs historically developed. It has been demonstrated that a consistent theoretical account can be given to various empirical phenomena in view of the new hypothesis that the morphological system of the Proto-Germanic strong verbs was generated via a morphological conflation of the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) perfect active and the PIE athematic imperfect, whereas the system of the PGmc. preterite-present verbs was created by way of a morphological mix of the PIE perfect active and the PIE athematic present middle.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

この期間に学術論文2点を公刊し、そのうち1点は日本言語学会機関紙である『言語研究』第152号に掲載することができた。また、口頭発表を5点行うことができた。そのうち1点は、日本歴史言語学会第5回大会（北海学園、2015年12月）にて英語で発表し、3点は国際研究会 Language Variation and Change (LVC) Network で英語で発表した。このような形で、研究成果を社会に向けて発信した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] ゲルマン語動詞体系における過去現在動詞と強変化動詞形成の相対年代をめぐって： オストホフの法則の観点から (2019)
  • Author(s): 田中俊也
  • Journal Title: 英語英文学論叢 Volume: 第69集 Pages: 23-35
  • NAID: 120006600877
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] ゲルマン語強変化動詞および過去現在動詞IV, V類に見られる形態的差異について： Schumacher (2005) 論考の批判的考察と形態的混交説からの提案 (2017)
  • Author(s): 田中俊也
  • Journal Title: 言語研究（日本言語学会） Volume: 152 Pages: 89-116
  • NAID: 130006292084
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] English uncouth 'rude, socially unacceptable' (2019)
  • Author(s): 田中俊也
  • Organizer: 九州大学言語研究会178回例会（178th Kyushu University Society for Language Studies (KUSLS) Regular Meeting）
• [Presentation] Osthoff's law in Germanic and some aspects of its relative chronology (2017)
  • Author(s): Toshiya Tanaka
  • Organizer: LVC (Language Variation and Change Network) 2017
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Verner's Law Effects and Analogical Levelling (2016)
  • Author(s): Toshiya Tanaka
  • Organizer: LVC (Language Variation and Change Network) 2016
  • Place of Presentation: the Ito Campus, Kyushu University
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Scheme for a Morphological Conflation Approach to the Origin and Development of the Germanic Strong and Preterite-Present Verbs (2015)
  • Author(s): Toshiya Tanaka
  • Organizer: 日本歴史学会第５回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海学園大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-20
• [Presentation] The Laryngeal Theory and the Narten Hypothesis: Towards an Explanation of Some Morphophonological Characteristics of the Germanic Strong Verbs (2015)
  • Author(s): Toshiya Tanaka
  • Organizer: Language Variation and Change Network 2015
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-30
• [Remarks] Toshiya Tanaka Homepage
  • URL: http://www.flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~toshiyat/english.html
• [Remarks] Toshiya Tanaka Hompepage
  • URL: http://www.flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~toshiyat/english.html