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A Descriptive and Theoretical Study of Constructions in English and their Coroocurrences A Corpus-Based Approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17320073
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

TAKIZAWA Naohiro  Nagoya University, Graduate School of International Development, Professor (60252285)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OMURA Takeshi  Nagoya University, Graduate School of International Development, Professor (70185388)
OHNA Tsutomu  Nagoya University, Graduate School of International Development, Associate Professor (00233205)
FUKAYA Teruhiko  Sugiyama Jogakuen University, School of Cross-Cultural Studies, Professor (30173313)
TSUZUKI Masako  Chukyo University, School of International liberal Studies, Professor (00227448)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥9,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Keywordscorpus / constructions / basic form and its variants / co-occurrence of constructions / MI-score / t-score / Englihsh Teachine / 基本と派生
Research Abstract

In this project, several constructions in the English language were minutely analyzed using huge-sized corpora (the Bank of English corpus and the British National Corpus, among others). The constructions studied include : the resultative construction, the wh-constructions, the 'haven't NP' pattern in American English, the SOV construction, 'The problem is that S' construction, the parenthetical clauses, the 'one's way' construction, the 'A Beautiful Two Weeks' construction, the cognate object construction. The previous literature concerning these constructions (in the frameworks of Traditional/Descriptive Grammar to Generative Grammar to Construction Grammar) were critically surveyed, and some inadequacies and theoretical problems were thus revealed. Based on these surveys and with the help, of corpora, we have disclosed not only syntactic and semantic properties of each construction but also its lexical and functional characteristics, and investigated what particular roles the lexica … More l items play in each construction.
In the process, we paid due attention not only the basic types but also to their variants, and in so doing, we examined the "extension process" of constructions.
We also explored the possibility to use some statistical measures(specifically, the t-score and MI-score)for construction studies. These measures have been used in the collocation studies but they have turned out to be useful for revealing the relationship between the construction and the lets as well.
We have developed some techniques and methods for effectively extracting relevant examples from corpora, including those based on regular expression pattern matching.Tsutomu Ohna wrote a detailed reference book for using regular expressions, and it is included in the final report.
As for the presentations, Naohiro Takizawa talked about his research on the SOV construction at the ICAME conference held in Helsinki(2006) . Teruhiko Fukaya made a presentation at the international conference "Exploring the Lexis Grammar Interface" in Hanover (2007). Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (54 results)

All 2008 2007 2006 2005

All Journal Article (44 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (8 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Whomの生き方2008

    • Author(s)
      深谷輝彦
    • Journal Title

      椙山女学園大学研究論集 人文科学篇 39巻

      Pages: 13-23

    • NAID

      120005990728

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Whom is still alive2008

    • Author(s)
      Fukaya, Teruhiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Sugiyama Jogakuen University 39

      Pages: 13-23

    • NAID

      120005990728

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Whomの生き方2008

    • Author(s)
      深谷輝彦
    • Journal Title

      『椙山女学園大学研究論集 人文科学篇』 39巻

      Pages: 13-23

    • NAID

      120005990728

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 言語の習慣性とコーパス2007

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Journal Title

      2007年日語教學國際会議論文集

      Pages: 61-73

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 巨大データの必要性:言語の周辺的・慣習的側面を探るために2007

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Journal Title

      月刊言語 36巻(7号)

      Pages: 34-41

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 形式と意味のミスマッチと同族目的語の決定詞2007

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語青年 152巻11号

      Pages: 19-21

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary 2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] WH句と構文の対応-頻度の視点から-2007

    • Author(s)
      深谷輝彦
    • Journal Title

      椙山女学園大学研究論集 人文科学篇 38巻

      Pages: 105-114

    • NAID

      120005990722

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ゲルマン語における派生的結果構文に関する一考察2007

    • Author(s)
      都築雅子
    • Journal Title

      結果構文研究の新展開(小野尚之編)ひつじ書房

      Pages: 143-176

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Corpora and the conventionality of language2007

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of International Conference on Japanese Language Teaching 2007

      Pages: 61-73

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Necessity of huge data for investigating peripheral and conventional aspects of language2007

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Gengo 36 7

      Pages: 34-4

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Syntax-semantics mismatch and determiners of cognate objects2007

    • Author(s)
      Omuro, Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      The Rising Generation, February

      Pages: 19-21

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Wh-phrase frequency Distribution in English constructions2007

    • Author(s)
      Fukaya, Teruhiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Sugiyama Jogakuen University 38

      Pages: 105-114

    • NAID

      120005990722

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A study of derivative resultative Constructions in Gemanic Languages," in Ono, Naoyuki(ed.)2007

    • Author(s)
      Tsuzuki, Masako
    • Journal Title

      New Developments in Resultative Construction Study

      Pages: 143-176

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 言語の慣習性とコーパス2007

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Journal Title

      『2007年日語教學國際会議論文集』

      Pages: 61-73

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 巨大データの必要性:言語の周辺的・慣習的側面を探るために2007

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Journal Title

      『月刊言語』 36巻(7号)

      Pages: 34-41

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] WH句と構文の対応-頻度の視点から-2007

    • Author(s)
      深谷輝彦
    • Journal Title

      椙山女学園大学研究論集 第38号人文科学篇

      Pages: 105-114

    • NAID

      120005990722

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] wendとone's way構文:MI-scoreによる構文研究2006

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Journal Title

      言葉の絆:藤原保明博士還暦記念論文集(卯城祐司他(編), 開拓社)

      Pages: 118-129

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 言語能力の解明としての言語学2006

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      新英語概論(八木克正(編)、英宝社)

      Pages: 90-97

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 基本タイプに支えられた派生タイプの豊かさ2006

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語青年 54巻6号

      Pages: 63-65

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 移動動詞の補語動詞転換と結果構文への含意2006

    • Author(s)
      加藤鉱三、都築雅子(共著)
    • Journal Title

      IVY 38巻

      Pages: 69-83

    • NAID

      120006627985

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 'Wend' and the 'one's way' construction : Using MI-score for the study of a construction," in Ushiro, Yuji, et. al.(eds.)2006

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Bonds of Language : A Festschrift for Dr. Yasuaki Fujiwara on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday(Kaitakusha)

      Pages: 118-129

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Linguistics as an enterprise for exploring a human language faculty2006

    • Author(s)
      Omuro, Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      A New Introduction to English Linguistics

      Pages: 90-97

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Complement-taking verbs : A case of English verbal type shift and Its implications to the resultative constructions2006

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Kozo, Masako, Tsuzuki
    • Journal Title

      IVY 38

      Pages: 69-83

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Corpora are Informative2006

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Shogakkan

      Pages: 207-207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] wendとone' s way構文 : MI-scoreによる構文研究2006

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Journal Title

      言葉の絆 : 藤原保明博士還暦記念論文集(卯城祐司他(編))(開拓社)

      Pages: 118-129

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 言語能力の解明としての言語学2006

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      新英語学概論(八木克正(編))(英宝社)

      Pages: 90-97

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 移動動詞の補語動詞転換と結果構文への含意2006

    • Author(s)
      加藤鉱三, 都築雅子(共著)
    • Journal Title

      IVY 38巻

      Pages: 69-83

    • NAID

      120006627985

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Corpus-based study of the haven't NP pattern in American English2005

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Aspects of English Negation, ed. by Yoko Iyeiri(Yushodo)

      Pages: 159-171

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 英語学と英語教育の乖離を埋めるーつの可能性2005

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語青年 151巻3号

      Pages: 4-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 構文イディオムyou scared the living daylights out of meについて2005

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語語法文法研究の新展開(田中実・神崎高明共編、英宝社)

      Pages: 77-83

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 英語と日本語の記述述語-言語タイプの違いから2005

    • Author(s)
      加藤鉱三、都築雅子(共著)
    • Journal Title

      人文科学論集〈文化コミュニケーション学科編〉 39巻

      Pages: 1-12

    • NAID

      110004625052

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Selection of linguistic forms for requests and offers: Comparison between English and Chinese2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsuzuki Masako, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Cynthia Patchke and Qin Zhang
    • Journal Title

      Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness(Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 139)eds. by Lakoff, Robin T. and Sachiko Ide, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Ben jamins Publishing Comrany.

      Pages: 283-298

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A corpus-based study of the 'haven't NP' pattern in American English, in Iyeiri, Yoko(ed.)2005

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Aspects of English Negation, Yushodo

      Pages: 159-171

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] On one possibility for filling the gap between English Linguistics and English Education2005

    • Author(s)
      Omuro, Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      The Rising Generation, June

      Pages: 4-6

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The richness of derivative types based on basic types2005

    • Author(s)
      Omuro, Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      The English Teachers' Magazine September

      Pages: 63-65

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] On a constructional idiom : 'you scared the living daylights out of me'2005

    • Author(s)
      Omuro, Takeshi
    • Journal Title

      New Developments on Studies on English Grammar and Usage

      Pages: 77-83

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] English and Japanese depictive predicates-from the viewpoint of different language types2005

    • Author(s)
      Kato, Kozo, Tsuzuki, Masako
    • Journal Title

      Jinbun Kagaku Ronshu(Shinshu University) 39

      Pages: 1-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Selection of linguistic forms for requests and offers : Comparison between English and Chinese in Lakoff, Robin T. and Sachiko Ide(eds.)2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsuzuki, Masako, Kazuhiro, Takahashi, Cynthia, Patchke, Qin, Zhang
    • Journal Title

      Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness, John Benjamins Publishing Company

      Pages: 283-298

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Corpus-based study of the haven't NP pattern in American English2005

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Journal Title

      Aspects of English Negation (ed. by Yoko Iyeiri)(Yushodo)

      Pages: 159-171

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 英語学と英語教育の乖離を埋める一つの可能性2005

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語青年6月号 151巻3号

      Pages: 4-6

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 基本タイプに支えられた派生タイプの豊かさ2005

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語教育9月号 54巻6号

      Pages: 63-65

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 構文イディオムyou scared the living daylights out of meについて2005

    • Author(s)
      大室剛志
    • Journal Title

      英語語法文法研究の新展開(田中実・神崎高明共編)(英宝社)

      Pages: 77-83

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 英語と日本語の記述述語- 言語タイプの違いから2005

    • Author(s)
      加藤鉱三, 都築雅子(共著)
    • Journal Title

      人文科学論集<文化コミュニケーション学科編> 39号

      Pages: 1-12

    • NAID

      110004625052

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Selection of linguistic forms for requests and offers : Comparison between English and Chinese2005

    • Author(s)
      Tsuzuki Masako, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Cynthia Patchke, Qin Zhang
    • Journal Title

      Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 139) (eds. by Lakoff, Robin T. and Sachiko Ide)(Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company.)

      Pages: 283-298

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] コーパスを用いた英語研究の方法2007

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      麗澤大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-17
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report 2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Methodology of using corpora for the study of the English language[Talk given Japanese]2007

    • Author(s)
      Naohiro, Takizawa
    • Organizer
      The Linguistic Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Reitaku University
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-17
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Remarks on syntactic and lexical aspects of the coordinators when and though2006

    • Author(s)
      Fukaya, teruhiko
    • Organizer
      Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface国際会議
    • Place of Presentation
      ライプニッツ・ハノーヴァー大学
    • Year and Date
      2006-10-07
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Remarks on syntactic and lexical aspects of the coordinators 'when' and 'though'2006

    • Author(s)
      Teruhiko, Fukaya
    • Organizer
      "Exploring the Lexis-Grammar Interface" International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Leibniz University of Hannover
    • Year and Date
      2006-10-07
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A corpus-based study of the SOV construction in present-day English2006

    • Author(s)
      Takizawa, Naohiro
    • Organizer
      The 27th International ICAME Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      ヘルシンキ大学
    • Year and Date
      2006-05-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A corpus-based study of the SOV construction in present-day English2006

    • Author(s)
      Naohiro, Takizawa
    • Organizer
      The 27th International ICAME Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Helsinki
    • Year and Date
      2006-05-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] ゲルマン語における派生的結果構文に関する一考察2005

    • Author(s)
      都築雅子
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会(ワークショップ)
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学
    • Year and Date
      2005-11-12
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] A study of derivative resultative constructions in Gemanic languages2005

    • Author(s)
      Masako, Tsuzuki
    • Organizer
      English Linguistic Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyushu University
    • Year and Date
      2005-11-12
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] コーパスで一目瞭然2006

    • Author(s)
      滝沢直宏
    • Total Pages
      207
    • Publisher
      小学館
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] コーパスで一目瞭然2006

    • Author(s)
      滝沢 直宏
    • Total Pages
      207
    • Publisher
      小学館
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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