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A Syntactic Study on the Diachronic Development of English Psych-Verbs: With Special Reference to Argument Realization and Grammaticalization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K02812
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionShimane University

Principal Investigator

Nawata Hiroyuki  島根大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 教授 (00325036)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords英語史 / 生成文法 / 心理動詞 / 非人称構文 / 動詞移動 / 文法化 / 生成統語論 / 複合不定代名詞 / 関係代名詞 / 日本語文末表現 / 統語論 / 言語変化 / 英語学 / 史的統語論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has revealed why impersonal constructions with psych-verbs were lost, and why some psych-verbs retained "V-not" negative word oder longer than other verbs in the history of English. As for the loss of impersonal constructions, we maintained that it was caused by the typological change of English from a discourse configurational language to a subject prominent language and a concomitant downward shift of subject positions in the clause spine. With respect to the retention of the "V not" word order, we claimed that it was brought about because know-class verbs were reanalyzed as light verbs through grammaticalization.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的な意義として、まず初期近代英語で奇態格心理動詞が消失した過程や後期近代英語でknow類動詞が動詞移動の消失に抵抗したさまをコーパス調査によって明らかにし、英語の歴史の解明に貢献できた点が挙げられる。また理論的意義として、これまで生成文法理論の共時的研究で蓄積された研究成果を通時的変化の分析に応用できることが示された。このような英語史の理論的研究によって現代英語がなぜ今のような姿になったのかより深く理解できるようになり、言語教育にも改善をもたらすことが期待される。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Open Access: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Finer-Structural Analysis of the Japanese Politeness Morphology2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomio Hirose and Hiroyuki Nawata
    • Journal Title

      Japanese/Korean Linguistics

      Volume: 28 Pages: 79-93

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 局所的空主語言語としての初期英語とパラメター階層2021

    • Author(s)
      縄田裕幸
    • Journal Title

      島根大学教育学部紀要

      Volume: 54 Pages: 51-62

    • NAID

      120006960141

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Quirky Experiencer Subject Constructions as Locative Inversion2019

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Nawata
    • Journal Title

      近代英語研究

      Volume: 35

    • NAID

      40022030634

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 後期近代英語における残留動詞移動とknow類動詞の文法化2017

    • Author(s)
      縄田裕幸
    • Journal Title

      島根大学教育学部紀要

      Volume: 51 Pages: 69-79

    • NAID

      120006406799

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] 初期英語における空主語の認可とパラメター変化2020

    • Author(s)
      縄田裕幸
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A Finer-Structural Analysis of the Japanese Politeness Morphology2020

    • Author(s)
      Tomio Hirose, Hiroyuki Nawata
    • Organizer
      The 28th Japanese/Korean Linguistic Conference
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] something型複合不定代名詞の成立に関する一考察2019

    • Author(s)
      縄田裕幸
    • Organizer
      言語変化・変異ユニット第5回ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 所格倒置としての非人称心理動詞構文:英語の通時的発達が明らかにすること2018

    • Author(s)
      縄田裕幸
    • Organizer
      第5回史的英語学研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 言語の本質を共時的・通時的に探る2022

    • Author(s)
      田中 智之、茨木 正志郎、松元 洋介、杉浦 克哉、玉田 貴裕、近藤 亮一
    • Total Pages
      448
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758923651
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 語法と理論との接続をめざして2021

    • Author(s)
      金澤 俊吾、柳 朋宏、大谷 直輝
    • Total Pages
      384
    • Publisher
      ひつじ書房
    • ISBN
      9784823410208
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] コーパスからわかる言語変化・変異と言語理論22019

    • Author(s)
      小川芳樹
    • Total Pages
      429
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922760
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 前置詞と前置詞句、そして否定2018

    • Author(s)
      縄田裕幸・久米祐介・松元洋介・山村崇斗
    • Total Pages
      306
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758913652
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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