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Sentence-closing patterns and "sentenceness" in Upper Sorbian

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K02695
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionReitaku University

Principal Investigator

Sasahara Ken  麗澤大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (10438921)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords上ソルブ語 / 文らしさ / 文末表現 / 言語接触 / 情報構造 / 語順 / モダリティ / 言語学 / 危機言語 / 文論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To regard a utterance of a speaker as a sentence, the hearer must understand that the utterance fulfills "sentenceness", which the author posits in his framework of the research. In Upper Sorbian (Indo-European, Slavonic branch, spoken in Germany), a sentence is realized if necessary and sufficient sentence elements are shown in it. In this language, some sentence elements appear even after the sentence is completed, i.e., at the post-sentence-final position. To investigate the nature of such elements, the author analyzed those elements. They are classified into modal and non-modal elements. The typical example of the former is tag-question, while the latter typically includes paraphrasing and afterthought. Interestingly, the Upper Sorbian elements at the post-sentence-final position resemble those in German. Sorbian and German people have experienced long linguistic and non-linguistic contact more than 1000 years. This contact might have influenced the resemblance.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

上ソルブ語のある発話が文として成立するか否かは「文らしさ」を満たしているかどうかによることを提案した。この基準は言語によって異なる可能性があるが,言語一般について考えるべき観点である。また,上ソルブ語のように少数民族言語の文法研究においては,当該の文法現象のみに着目するだけでは問題の解明に到達できない場合がある。本研究では,ソルブ人のたどってきた歴史ならびに民族アイデンティティを含めて考察することを実践した。このような視点は少数民族言語研究の発展に寄与するものである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Post-sentence-final modal expression in Upper Sorbian and German2017

    • Author(s)
      Sasahara, Ken
    • Organizer
      The 8th edition of the International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (ICLC8)
    • Place of Presentation
      The University of Athens, Greece
    • Year and Date
      2017-05-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Post-sentence-final modal expression in Upper Sorbian and German2017

    • Author(s)
      Sasahara, Ken
    • Organizer
      8th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Modal expression as sentence-closing marker in Upper Sorbian2016

    • Author(s)
      Sasahara, Ken
    • Organizer
      2016 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions
    • Place of Presentation
      University of La Rioja, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-26
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sentence closing pattern in Upper Sorbian with contrast to German2016

    • Author(s)
      Sasahara, Ken
    • Organizer
      The 3rd international conference titled Various Dimensions of Contrastive Studies (V-DOCS 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      The University of Silesia, Poland
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Verbs, Clauses and Constructions: Functional and Typological Approaches2018

    • Author(s)
      Pilar Guerrero Medina, Roberto Torre Alonso, Raquel Vea Escarza (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      463
    • Publisher
      Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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