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Defining Mirativity with the Notions of Focus and Evaluation: With Special Reference to Japanese and English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H03428
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Shimada Masaharu  筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (30254890)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 長野 明子  東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (90407883)
三上 傑  東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 講師 (60706795)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords生成文法 / カートグラフィー / 方言研究 / 文末詞 / 形容詞 / 形容動詞 / 評価の形態論 / 焦点 / 情報構造 / 形態具現 / 九州方言 / 相 / 意外性 / 方言 / 形態・統語論 / 日英比較 / 普遍文法 / 日英比較統語論 / 方言学 / 文末表現 / 三層モデル
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The notion of mirativity has been paied attention to as one of the new topics in modern linguistics. It is generally assumed in the literature that mirativity is a grammatical category whose primary meaning is speaker's unprepared mind, unexpected new information, and surprise. In this study, we attempted to search for mirative markers in Japanese and English, since they have not been seriously studied yet. Then we identified the sentence-final particles "no" and "koto" as mirative markers in Japanese, and also found that Japanese adjectival stems can function as miratives in some environments.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでmirativityの研究がなされてこなかった日本語や英語を対象にしてこの文法概念を取り上げたこと自体、学術的に大きな意義がある。しかも、日本語についてmirativityを表す文法要素の候補を3種類特定できたことは大きな貢献であるといえる。さらに、日本語の方言研究を進展させたところにも本研究の成果が見られ、本研究が理論言語学の枠にとどまらず、文化や社会に広く関わるものであることがわかる。特に、方言と標準語の文末詞の使い方の違いを科学的に解明する手法を示しており、文化・社会の産物と捉えられがちな方言に科学的知見を与えている。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (33 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results) Book (7 results)

  • [Journal Article] Relational Adjectives Used Predicatively (But Not Qualitatively): A Comparative-Structural Approach2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Journal Title

      Lexique

      Volume: 23 Pages: 62-89

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 英語の結果構文が示す「非能格性」:非能格動詞結果構文が許容する二つの解釈と構造的曖昧性2018

    • Author(s)
      三上傑
    • Journal Title

      英文学研究

      Volume: 95 Pages: 53-71

    • NAID

      130007541562

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Passivization of the Gesture Expression Construction and the Formulation of Subjects in Terms of Aboutness2018

    • Author(s)
      Suguru Mikami
    • Journal Title

      JELS

      Volume: 35 Pages: 259-265

    • NAID

      40021932453

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Apparent omission of inflectional endings in Japanese adjectives2017

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada
    • Journal Title

      he studies on syntactic cartography: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography 2015

      Volume: なし Pages: 365-379

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Miratives in Japanese: The Rise of Mirative Markers via Grammaticalization2017

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Historical Linguistics

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 213-244

    • DOI

      10.1075/jhl.7.1-2.09shi

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Two Types of Focus-Prominent Languages and Diachronic Change in Japanese Syntax2017

    • Author(s)
      Suguru Mikami
    • Journal Title

      Tsukuba English Studies

      Volume: 36 Pages: 1-21

    • NAID

      120006766495

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 日本語に左側主要部の複合語は存在するのか2017

    • Author(s)
      島田雅晴
    • Journal Title

      言語についてのX章:言語を考える、言語を教える、言語で考える

      Volume: なし Pages: 40-52

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 平叙文末詞と疑問文末詞の対応関係について2017

    • Author(s)
      長野明子
    • Journal Title

      言語についてのX章:言語を考える、言語を教える、言語で考える

      Volume: なし Pages: 88-103

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] How Poor Japanese Is in Adjectivizing Derivational Affixes and Why2016

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Nagano and Masaharu Shimada
    • Journal Title

      Word-Formation across Languages

      Volume: なし Pages: 219-240

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Morphological Realization of Focus Head in Hakata Japanese.2016

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Nagano
    • Journal Title

      Tsukuba English Studies

      Volume: 35 Pages: 1-31

    • NAID

      120006766476

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 博多方言の疑問文末詞の変異と変化の観察2016

    • Author(s)
      長野明子
    • Journal Title

      コーパスからわかる言語変化・変異と言語理論

      Volume: なし Pages: 324-344

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] A bound-free distinction in a cross-linguistic variation: A dialectal study on functional verbs2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      The annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of Great Britain
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ambiguities of existential-based V+V sequences in Standard and Fukuoka Japanese2018

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Nagano and Masaharu Shimada
    • Organizer
      The 19th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 語用論的要素の統語操作との関わり方とその言語間変異2018

    • Author(s)
      三上傑
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会東北支部第73回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Selection of sentence-final particles in answers2018

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      Why Indeed? Questions at the Interface of Theoretical and Computational Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Three functional positions for aspects: Evidence from Kyushu Japanese2017

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Pseudo-Coordination and Multiple Agreement Constructions
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A relational nominal structure in nominal predicates2017

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      Premier Symposium International de Morphologie
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] he Passivization of the Gesture Expression Construction and the Formulation of Subjects in Terms of Aboutness2017

    • Author(s)
      Suguru Mikami
    • Organizer
      ELSJ 10th International Spring Forum 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 焦点卓越言語としての日本語と主語尊敬語化2017

    • Author(s)
      三上傑
    • Organizer
      日本語文法学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 焦点卓越言語としての日本語における定形節のフェイズ性2017

    • Author(s)
      三上傑
    • Organizer
      日本語統語論研究の広がり―理論と記述の相互関係―
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] あえて生成文法の観点から2016

    • Author(s)
      島田雅晴
    • Organizer
      三層モデルでみえてくる言語の機能としくみ
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A recipe website as a context for code-switching: A web-based survey on recipe English by Japanese speakers2016

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Nagano and Masaharu Shimada
    • Organizer
      The 2nd international conference on Food and Culture in Translation (FaCT)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mirativity and Focus in DP2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      Olomouc Linguistic Colloquium 2016
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mirative interpretations with verbal past-tense forms in Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Aspect and Argument Structure of Adjectives and Participles
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Attributive modification in depictives2016

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Shimada and Akiko Nagano
    • Organizer
      SLE 2016
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 言語使用の三層モデルと形態論2016

    • Author(s)
      長野明子
    • Organizer
      三層モデルでみえてくる言語の機能としくみ
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Ambiguous Verb Sequences in Transeurasian Languages and Beyond2019

    • Author(s)
      Eva A. Csato, Lars Johanson and Birsel Karakoc
    • Total Pages
      342
    • Publisher
      Harrassowitz Verlag
    • ISBN
      9783447113700
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 言語におけるインターフェイス2019

    • Author(s)
      西原哲雄、都田青子、中村浩一郎、米倉よう子、田中真一
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922791
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日本語統語論研究の広がり : 記述と理論の往還2019

    • Author(s)
      竹沢幸一、本間伸輔、田川拓海、石田尊、松岡幹就、島田雅晴
    • Total Pages
      304
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874248119
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Data Science in Collaboration 12018

    • Author(s)
      Yuichi Ono and Masaharu Shimada (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      94
    • Publisher
      Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
    • ISBN
      9784991000102
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 三層モデルでみえてくる言語の機能としくみ2017

    • Author(s)
      廣瀬幸生・島田雅晴・和田尚明・金谷優・長野明子(編)
    • Total Pages
      271
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758918237
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 言語についてのX章:言語を考える、言語を教える、言語で考える2017

    • Author(s)
      河正一・島田雅晴・金井勇人・仁科弘之(編)
    • Total Pages
      588
    • Publisher
      埼玉大学教養学部・人文社会科学研究科
    • ISBN
      9784990625160
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] コーパスからわかる言語変化・変異と言語理論2016

    • Author(s)
      小川芳樹・長野明子・菊地朗(編)
    • Total Pages
      453
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922326
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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