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Focus Particles in Japanese and Association with Focus: A Semantic/Pragmatic Approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K12368
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

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

Principal Investigator

Tanaka Hideharu  三重大学, 教養教育院, 特任講師(教育担当) (90779381)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords日本語焦点助詞 / 焦点との関連付け / 否定の作用域解釈 / 統語論 / 意味論 / 語用論 / 追加助詞「も」 / 焦点助詞 / 否定の作用域
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to analyze some phenomena involving focus particles in Japanese, such as mo, wa, and sae. It is particularly discussed how focus particles get associated with focused elements (e.g. Kuroda 1965, Aoyagi 1998). Since Kuroda (1965), this question has been an important issue, and only approached in terms of syntax. This study begins by addressing whether the syntactic approach is really tenable, and then argues that a semantic/pragmatic approach is more valid, because it naturally derives some interpretive properties of association with focus. This study concludes by considering what empirical and theoretical consequences its proposals carry.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、日本語焦点助詞の「焦点との関連付け」という現象を意味論・語用論の観点から体系的に再考する取り組みである。よって、学術的には、これまで主に統語論の観点からしか分析されてこなかった「焦点との関連付け」の解釈的側面を理論化しているという点で意義がある。また、この理論化に伴って、本研究は日本語焦点助詞の意味内容や使用条件も正確に記述している。よって、社会的には、例えば日本語教育など焦点助詞を取り扱う教育現場において、学習者により正確な知識提供を可能にするという点で意義がある。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Note on Japanese Mo 'Also': Against the Modifier Hypothesis2020

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      英語学の深まり・英語学からの広がり

      Volume: - Pages: 168-181

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Japanese Mo ‘Also’: Anti-negative Scope and Stronger Alternatives2020

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society

      Volume: 55

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Association with Focus in Japanese: An Event-based Postsuppositional Approach2019

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of GLOW in Asia 12 & SICOGG 21

      Volume: - Pages: 517-526

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Japanese Focus Particles and Crosscategorial Semantics: A Preliminary Note2019

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Osaka University Papers in English Linguistics

      Volume: 19 Pages: 165-175

    • NAID

      120006891406

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Association with Focus in Japanese: An Event-based Postsuppositional Approach2019

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Organizer
      GLOW in Asia 12 & SICOGG 21 Joint Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese Mo ’Also’: Anti-negative Scope and Inclusive Entailment2019

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Chicago Linguistic Society's 55th Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Association with Focus in Japanese: Towards an Interpretivist Paradigm2018

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Semantics & Pragmatics Workshop at Mie University
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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