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A Relevance-theoretic Account of Oxymoron

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00638
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
Research InstitutionGunma University

Principal Investigator

IDO Ryo  群馬大学, 情報学部, 教授 (90334086)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywordsオクシモロン / 関連性理論 / アドホック概念構築 / アドホック概念 / 語彙語用論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Oxymoron is a figure of speech which combines two contradictory or incongruous words in encoded meaning, such as "a true lie," "More haste, less speed," and "Little big man". Such expressions are semantically incompatible, but the hearer can interpret what the speaker intends to communicate. Within the framework of Relevance Theory, it is claimed that the concept linguistically encoded by word may be pragmatically adjusted as a part of the pragmatic process of interpreting the speaker’s intended meaning. This inferential process is called ad hoc concept construction and contributes to the recovery of the explicit content of utterance, i.e. the explicature. In this research, we are concerned with oxymoron based on the Relevance Theory and explain how the inferential processes of recovering the explicature, such as ad hoc concept construction and saturation contribute to the interpretation of this figure of speech.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、これまで様々な言語表現・現象に対して行われてきた分析と同様に、関連性の原理に沿った発話解釈分析の可能性を広げるものになる。さらにアドホック概念構築という語彙解釈に関する推論作業が、オクシモロンという修辞的表現の解釈プロセスに対しても重要な役割を担っているということを明らかにしたことで、関連性理論・語彙語用論の理論的な可能性の拡大のみならず、レトリック研究に対する貢献も期待できる。

Report

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

    (1 results)

All 2020

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] オクシモロンに関する一考察 ー関連性理論の観点からー2020

    • Author(s)
      井門亮
    • Journal Title

      群馬大学社会情報学部研究論集

      Volume: 27 Pages: 1-16

    • NAID

      120006799546

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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