The change and cause of politeness strategy in the history of English Language
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15K02621
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima Shudo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | ポライトネス / 歴史語用論 / 語用論 / 英語史 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research explored the change in politeness strategies from the Middle English period to the late Modern English period. In order to study it, I examined how politeness strategies functioned by analyzing the expressions of requests, vocatives, apologies and promises in each period. In the results, concerning requests, I concluded that expressions with auxiliaries gradually increased. Vocatives were strongly related to politeness strategies in each period. There were a variety of expressions for apologies or promises in each period. In conclusion, I found that a lot of politeness strategies are skillfully used to open or close the psychological distance between the speaker and the listener in the period under study.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究では、英語史におけるポライトネス・ストラテジーの変化に焦点を当てた。これまでの研究では、ある特定の時代における個別の一人の作家の作品をデータとした考察が多かったが、本研究では、英語史という広い視点から、各時代におけるポライトネス・ストラテジーの一般化を明らかにしたことが特色となる。それぞれの時代において、話し手と聞き手との心的距離を離したり縮めたりするために、様々なポライトネス・ストラテジーが用いられていることを明らかにした点で意義がある。
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