The Diachronic Study of the Origin and the Development of Phrasal Verbs
Project/Area Number |
15K02625
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
English linguistics
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Research Institution | National Institute of Technology, Toyota College |
Principal Investigator |
KAMIYA Masaaki 豊田工業高等専門学校, 一般学科, 教授 (40194980)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TAKAHASHI Kaoru 東京理科大学, 工学部教養, 教授 (90216705)
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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 |
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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Keywords | 句動詞 / 接頭辞付動詞 / 古英語 / 中英語 / PPCME 2 / YCOE / phrasal verb / prefixed verb / Middle English / PPCME2 / 現代英語 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Phrasal verbs are combinations of verb + adverb, verb (+ adverb) + preposition. The origin and development of phrasal verbs (verb + adverbial particle) are related to two processes: (i) the development of prefixed verbs in Old English into phrasal verbs in Middle English; the adverbial particle or separable prefix is moved after its verb, so a new phrasal verb is formed. (ii) the development of French verbs into basic English verbs + adverbial particles. We extract all the prefixed verbs with up- and out-, using the YCOE Corpus and to make a database of the prefixed verbs with up- and out- for the research on the origin and development of phrasal verbs. The number of the prefixed verbs with up- and out- is 20 and 36 in YCOE respectively. Next we discuss how the prefixed verbs in Old English are developed into phrasal verbs in Middle English and make a correspondence table of prefixed verbs in Old English and their existing prefixed verbs in Present-day English and their phrasal verbs.
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Research Products
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