Grammaticalization Studies of French Verbs Based on Corpora
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17520276
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MINOJI Akimoto (2006-2007) Aoyama Gakuin University, College of Literature, Professor (70082625)
尾形 こづえ (2005) 青山学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (90194422)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OGATA Kozue Aoyama Gakuin University, College of Literature, Professor (90194422)
秋元 実治 青山学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (70082625)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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| Keywords | linguistics / grammaticalization / French / English |
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| Research Abstract |
The verb desire' which was borrowed from Old French during the Middle English period has been extensively analyzed
Based on various corpora. The analysis shows that the verb desire' which was frequent in Middle English has come to be less frequent over time possibly under the pressure of the verb 'want'. This study was presented at the The Asscociation of University Professors of English held in Lund University (Sweden) in 2007.
Of basic French verbs, the verb of communication 'permettre' has been studied based on electronic corpora. The study shows that there are constructional differences between human and non-human subjects in terms of permission. That is, the construction where the nonhuman subject expresses 'actualized possibility' is more frequent than the construction where the human subject with more constraint expresses 'permission'.
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