| Project/Area Number |
15K16752
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kwansei Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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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 |
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | 分裂能格性 / 名詞化 / マヤ諸語（カクチケル語、イシル語） / 喜界語 / 統語論 / 形態論 / 比較統語論 / 活格型 / （分裂）能格性 / 擬似名詞抱合 / 名詞省略 / 日本語 / 能格性 / （擬似）名詞抱合 / 名詞句内一致現象 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project has investigated several Mayan languages such as Kaqchikel, from the perspective of comparative syntax. Among the various topics investigated in this project, I have focused primarily on the ergative properties of these languages and particularly addressed the correlation between split ergativity and nominalization. I have demonstrated that the presence or absence of an external argument within a nominalized clause correlates with the type of an alignment between agreement morphemes and grammatical relations. Based on this finding among others, the project has proposed a new morphosyntactic analysis of split ergativity in Kaqchikel and other Mayan languages, thereby providing a better understanding of the nature of ergativity in human language.
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