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Free-rider and Secondary Grammaticalization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00665
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 InstitutionHosei University

Principal Investigator

Osawa Fuyo  法政大学, 国際日本学研究所, 研究員 (10194127)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords第一次文法化 / 第二次文法化 / 構造変化 / フリーライダー / 定冠詞 / 不定冠詞 / 助動詞 / 付加疑問文 / 一次的文法化 / 機能範疇の創発 / 二次的文法化 / フリー・ライダー / 場による文法化
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I have proposed that grammaticalization progresses in two stages: primary grammaticalization and secondary one. The two stages involve two participants, contributor and free riders. Two articles, the definite and indefinite articles in Present-day English, had precursors in Old English. I argue that those ancestors contributed differently to the grammaticalization process in question (i.e., the emergence of a DP). One is a hard worker, hence a contributor, and the other is a free rider. A contributor triggers a given change or contributes to the change, while “free riders”are grammaticalized thanks to the contributor. There are differences between these two participants in the degree of their contribution to grammaticalization.
I argue that this difference in contribution is related to the distinction between primary and secondary grammaticalization. I have proposed that grammaticalization brings about the structural change in a given structure.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

この研究は、構造変化としての文法化も存在することを明らかにした。「機能範疇という場所の出現」という文法化である。これに基づいて文法化を第一次文法化、第二次文法化と分けて2段階で進行することを理論的に確立した二次的文法化論は、この分野においても世界で初めての提案である。文法化は、歴史言語学の分野では大変関心の高い項目であり、この研究は日本国内だけでなく、国際的にも意義深いものである。
また、この理論で実証されるのは、英語の冠詞である。日本人にとっては、冠詞は習得が難しいものとして知られているが、この歴史的に深堀りされた研究は、日本人の英語習得にとっても何ら化の貢献ができたのではないかと考える。
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Report

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

    (13 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The rivalry between definiteness and specificity:The grammaticalization of definiteness in DP emergence2022

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Journal Title

      English Noun Phrases from a functional-cognitive Perspective

      Volume: 1 Pages: 79-106

    • DOI

      10.1075/slcs

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Transitivity and impersonals: Case, transitivity and argument structure2020

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Journal Title

      日本英文学会第92回全国大会Proceedings

      Volume: 1

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] What the Emergent DP brought about: the Emergence of the Double Object Constructions in English2020

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Linguistic Variation and Change 3:Corpus-based Research in English Syntax and Lexis (単行本)

      Volume: 1

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Development of Gerund Constructions in the History of English2018

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Journal Title

      No.78 Bulletin of the Faculty of Letters: Hosei University

      Volume: 1 Pages: 111-123

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Semantics meets Syntax: Diachronic Study of Tag Questions2022

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      12 Studies in the History of the English Language Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] What is behind the Word Order Change?: the Emergent Functional Categories Drive Innovation2022

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      25th International Conference on Historical Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The emergence of a syntactic obligatory article system in Middle English: everything took place in the Middle English period2020

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      International Medieval Congress
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Transitivity and impersonals: Case, transitivity and argument structure2020

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会第92回全国大会シンポジウム第10部門More Thoughts on (In)transitivity in the History of English and Related Issues(ウエブ 学会)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Secondary Grammaticalization: Its True Nature2019

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      Studies in the History of the English Language 11
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 二次的文法化ーその本質に迫る2019

    • Author(s)
      大沢 ふよう
    • Organizer
      近代英語協会第36回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Rivalry between Definiteness and Specificity: the Emergence of DP in English2019

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      The English Noun Phrase: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Contributor, Free Rider and Loser in Grammaticalization2018

    • Author(s)
      Fuyo Osawa
    • Organizer
      20th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 音声学・音韻論と言語学諸分野とのインターフェイス(第1章)2021

    • Author(s)
      大澤 ふよう(第1章)、都田青子、田中真一、八木斉子、上田功、原惠子
    • Total Pages
      228
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758913577
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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