THE EMERGENCE OF SYNTACTIC EMBEDDED STRUCTURE IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH : WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION THEORY?

• Project/Area Number: 18520392
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Hosei University (2008); Tokai University (2006-2007)
• Principal Investigator: OSAWA Fuyo Hosei University, 文学部, 教授 (10194127)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
• Keywords: 統語構造 / 創発 / 生成文法 / 埋め込み / 機能範疇 / 古英語 / 進化 / 埋め込み構文 / 英語

Research Abstract

本研究は「統語構造」は何故変化していくのかを生成理論の枠組みのなかで、明らかにしようとするものである。主節動詞の「目的語」として、節(不定詞を含む)が出てくる複文的構造は英語の歴史の中では、比較的新しい構造であることを主張し、このような埋め込みは、名詞句の中別の名詞句を埋め込む現象としてもみられることを明らかにした。さらにそれは、一般化していうと、ある概念の中に別の概念を埋め込むという、人間の言語の本質と深く関わっている問題であることを明らかにした。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Recursion in Language Change, Historical Englishes in Varieties of Texts and Contexts (2008)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature Series.(Peter Lang社) Vol.22 Pages: 355-370
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Recursion in Language Change. (2008)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: Historical Englishes in Varieties of Texts and Contcxts. (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature Series. Vol. 22) Peter Lang Publishing. Pages: 355370-355370
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Emergence of DP from a Perspective of Ontogeny and Phylogeny : Correlation between DP, TP and Aspect in Old English and First Language Acquisition (2007)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: Nominal Determination Typology Context Constraints, and Historical Emergence, (John Benjamins社) Pages: 311-337
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Emergence of DP from a Perspective of Ontogeny and Phylogeny: Correlation between DP, TP and Aspect in Old English and First Language Acquisition (2007)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: Nominal Determination Typology, Context Constraints, and Historical Emergence (John Benjamins 発行の単行本) Pages: 311-337
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 文法化への一視点 (2006)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: 津田塾大学言語文化研究所報 21号 Pages: 57-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] From Parataxis to Hypotaxis (2006)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: LEXICON 36号 Pages: 41-54
  • NAID: 40015264040
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] From Parataxis to Hypotaxis (2006)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: LEXICON 36 Pages: 41-54
  • NAID: 40015264040
• [Journal Article] 文法化への一視点 (2006)
  • Author(s): 大澤 ふよう
  • Journal Title: 津田塾大学言語文化研究所報 21 Pages: 57-68
• [Presentation] 英語史における機能範疇の創発言語における個体発生と系統発生「機能範疇の創発通言語的視点から」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 第26回日本英語学会シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-16
• [Presentation] 英語史における機能範疇の創発-言語における個体発生と系統発生 (2008)
  • Author(s): 大澤 ふよう
  • Organizer: 第26回日本英語学会シンポジウム「機能範疇の創発-通言語的視点から」
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-16
• [Presentation] Impersonal and passive constructions from a viewpoint of functional category emergence : What happened to them in the History of English? (2008)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 15th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Germany, University of Munich
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-25
• [Presentation] Impersonal and passive constructions from a viewpoint of functional category emergence : What happened to them in the History of English? (2008)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: 15th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: ミュンヘン大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-25
• [Presentation] The Development of Gerund Constructions in the History of English : from Morphology to Syntax (2007)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: Studies in the History of the English Language 5
  • Place of Presentation: USA, University of Georgia
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-05
• [Presentation] The Development of Gerund Constructions in the History of English:from Morphology to Syntax (2007)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: Studies in the History of the English Language 5
  • Place of Presentation: USA,University of Georgia
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-05
• [Presentation] Recursion in Language change (2007)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: The Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics International Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-07
• [Presentation] Recursion in Language change (2007)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: The Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics International Conference 2007
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-07
• [Presentation] The Emergence of DP in the History of English : the Role of Mysterious Genitive (2007)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 18^<th>International Conference on Historical Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Canada, Universite du Quebec a. Montreal
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-07
• [Presentation] The Emergence of DP in the History of English the Role of Mysterious Genitive (2007)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: 18th International Conference on Historical Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Canada,Universite du Quebec a Montrea
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-07
• [Presentation] The Evolution of Syntactic Structure in the History of English : the Meaning of Recursion (2007)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 18^<th>International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Greece, University of Thessaloniki
  • Year and Date: 2007-05-05
• [Presentation] The Evolution of Syntactic Structure in the History of English:the Meaning of Recursion (2007)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: 18th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Greece,University of Thessaloniki
  • Year and Date: 2007-05-05