A Typological Study of Applicative Constructions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19520322
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Linguistics
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	NAKAMURA Wataru Tohoku University, 高等教育開発推進センター, 准教授 (90293117)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	統語論 / 言語類型論 / 適用態 / ヴォイス / 複他動詞 / 文法関係
Research Abstract	I proposed a prototype-based definition of applicative constructions through their typological survey. Specifically, I assumed four conditions : one is morphological condition (i.e.presence of a morphological marker/auxiliary verb) and three syntactic definitions : 1. whether or not there is an increase in the number of syntactic arguments within the clause, 2. whether or not a peripheral adjunct/argument is promoted syntactically, and 3. whether or not there is any lexical (or idiosyncratic) restriction in applying applicativization.

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