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A General Theory of Borrowing from the Perspective of Word Classes and Compound Words in Japanese and English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00575
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

IMAI Shinobu  大阪大学, 日本語日本文化教育センター, 教授 (20294176)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords語種 / 複合語 / 動詞 / 借用語 / 漢語 / 和語 / 外来語 / 語形成 / 借用 / 漢語動詞 / 複合動詞 / Latinate verb / Germanic verb / 名づけ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I focused on the types of verbs (native Japanese, Sino-Japanese, and foreign loanwords) and examined their grammatical characteristics. It was found that compound verbs comprised of native Japanese morphemes, such as "yomikaki suru" (to read and write) and "ikiki suru" (to come and go), possess the same characteristics as Sino-Japanese verbs like "kaihei suru" (to open and close) and "o:rai suru" (to come and go), as well as foreign loanwords like "kopi: suru" (to copy) and "chekku suru" (to check). This similarity between compound words and loanwords (Sino-Japanese or foreign) is due to their nature of expressing new complex concepts that were not previously present in the Japanese language.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

サ変動詞の文法的特徴については、従来数多くの研究がなされてきたが、それに語種がどのように関わるかについては体系的な研究はなされていなかった。本研究は、単純語から複合に至る複数の形式について意味的な特徴も考慮しながら、そのパターンを明らかにした点で学術的な意義がある。また、この成果は日本語教育への応用も期待される。日本語学習者は漢語や外来語の習得に困難を感じることが多いが、日本語教育においては語種を体系的に扱うことはほとんどない。本研究の結果は、そのような状況を改善する一助となることが期待される。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2024 2020 2018

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

  • [Journal Article] Lexical Strata and Morphological Complexity in Verbal Predicates : Focusing on Words that Precede -suru, -tyuu and -zumi2024

    • Author(s)
      今井 忍
    • Journal Title

      日本語・日本文化

      Volume: 51 Pages: 17-38

    • DOI

      10.18910/95212

    • ISSN
      09135359
    • Year and Date
      2024-03-10
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] On the “Extended” Morphosyntactic and Semantic Features of Sino-Japanese Verbs and Native Japanese Compound Verbs2020

    • Author(s)
      Shinobu Imai
    • Organizer
      19th International Morphology Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 動詞の語種とそれが生起する構文-意味論的分析2018

    • Author(s)
      今井忍
    • Organizer
      国際シンポジウム「グローバル化時代における日本語教育と日本研究 」
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] グローバル化時代における日本語教育と日本研究2018

    • Author(s)
      今井忍
    • Total Pages
      598
    • Publisher
      Vietnam National University Press
    • ISBN
      9786049688355
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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