Empirical and theoretical investigations of the variation of conventional implicatures: With special reference to viewpoint and dependency
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18K00531
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
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| Research Institution | Kobe University (2019-2021)
Mie University (2018) |
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Principal Investigator |
Sawada Osamu 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (40598083)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | conventional implicature / scalarity / expressives / projective meaning / perspective / dependency / negative polarity item / modality / degree expressions / negative polarity items / minimizers / speech act / information structure / contrastiveness / non-at-issueness / comparatives / expressive / mirativity / attitude / emotion / embedding / (in)dependence / variation |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined the variation of conventional implicature (CI), particularly in terms of point of view and dependency. Regarding point of view, the study focused on the interpretation of CI expressions in an embedded environment and showed that the way CI takes a point of view (either speaker-oriented or subject-oriented) is determined by various contextual factors. Regarding dependence, the study focused on CI expressions that co-occur with modality and negation (e.g., expressive nani-mo `what-mo' and the expressive totemo `very') and explained their dependent behavior in terms of use-conditions and a general pragmatic principle. Furthermore, this study investigated the interpretation of mirative expressions, the discourse structure of pragmatic comparative expressions and inferential use discourse-expressions, and considered the ways in which CIs interact with discourse structure and conversational implicature.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究では、慣習的推意(conventional implicature) (CI)の自律性について新たな現象から考察している。これまで、CIは狭義の意味論レベルの意味から独立した意味として捉えられてきた(Grice 1975; Potts 2005)。本研究では、モダリティや否定と共起するCI表現（例：感情表出的な「とても」、「何も」、「NPのことだ」）やテンスの曖昧性を引き起こすCI表現（例：「～なんて・とは」）等、文中の他の言語表現や文全体の意味と相互作用を引き起こすCI表現に焦点を当て、CIは自立した意味ステータスを有しているものの、他の言語部門と密接に関わっていることを明らかにした。
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