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¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
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| Research Abstract |
1. Historical developments from formal noun to focus particle.
This research studies the syntax and semantics of the relative clauses with non-argument gap and functional nouns. Formal nouns such as dake, bun and hodo which form relative clause with non-argument gap also have functions of focus partcle. All Japanese focus particles with meanings of 'limitation' such as bakari, dake, hoka, hodo, kurai are nouns etymologically, so the historical developments of these nouns to limit-type focus particles are the problem of grammaticalization in Japanese. Because of the Semantic change of these nouns to the meaning 'amount' or 'limit', these nouns acquire relational function. Relational nature of these nouns leads to the structure of the relative clause with non-argument gap construction, and these noun phrases can have the status of Floating Qunantifier by the 'amount' meaning. If the noun phrases with these head nouns acquire the grammatical status of Floating Qunantifier construction, these noun phrases do not need case particles. By reanalisys, Head nouns of these noun phrase without case particles change into the status of focus particl. This Floating Quantifier account of noun-to-focus-particle grammaticalization is more elegant explanation than meaning-change-only account.
2. Pragmatics of MONO-KA sentence
Semantic and pragmatic study of sentence with functional noun mono with sentence final particle ka shows that (1) this construction have several usage, and (2) these usage have the same pragmatic constraint that this construction forbid the interpretation of "reaction of demand".
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