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Iconicity in language use: Crosslinguistic studies on constructions used to describe causal relations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K00565
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionKeio University (2021)
防衛大学校(総合教育学群、人文社会科学群、応用科学群、電気情報学群及びシステム工学群) (2019-2020)

Principal Investigator

Kawachi Kazuhiro  慶應義塾大学, 商学部(日吉), 教授 (00530891)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywordsアイコニシティ / 因果関係 / 使役 / 言語類型論 / 意味論 / 構文 / 心理言語学 / ビデオ実験 / 形態統語論 / 言語学
Outline of Research at the Start

言語現象のアイコニシティの原理によると、意味的に密接な関係(例:より直接的な因果関係)を表すのには形態統語的に結合度の高い構文が使われ、意味的に離れた関係(例:より間接的な因果関係)を表すのには形態統語的に結合度の低い構文が使われる傾向がある。本研究は、事象の因果関係の直接性の諸要因をアイコニックに反映してどのようなタイプの構文が使われ易いか、どの程度アイコニシティの原理の妥当性を支持していると言えるか、そして言語間にどのような構文の形態統語的結合度の違いが見られるかを、ビデオ実験や質問票を使い、より多くの言語を調査し、類似点と相違点の要因を解明する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using descriptions by experiment participants’ of video clips depicting causal events as well as their acceptability judgements of the sentences that my consultants and I prepared as sentences describing the video clips, the present study investigated the issue of how factors of directness of causation are iconically reflected in the degrees of the morphosyntactic integration of the constructions used to describe the events. It found an overall tendency toward iconicity though there were some crosslinguistic differences in the effects of specific factors on the choice of constructions. As output from this research, I organized a theme session ("Causation in discourse and cognition: Crosslinguistic perspectives") at an international conference, gave conference presentations, and published papers.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

意味的な関係の密接さとそれを表すのに使われる構文の形態統語的結合度とのアイコニシティは、従来の研究は文法書に記述されている例を使う傾向があり、この現象を文脈の中で体系的にとらえることが困難であった。本研究は、この問題を、(1) 日本語、シダーマ語、クプサビニィ語等複数の言語を扱い、(2) 実験という統一した文脈における言語使用において、(3) 数量的データを使って検証し、論文や発表という形で国際的に成果を発表している。また他の研究者が利用できるような方法で研究未開発の言語のデータを提示している点で、社会的にも意義がある。

Report

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

    (47 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (13 results) Journal Article (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 12 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] State University of New York at Buffalo/University of Florida(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Seoul National University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Centre National de RechercheScientifique(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Australian National University(オーストラリア)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Stockholm University/Uppsala University(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research]

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] State University of New York at Buffalo(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Seoul National University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] State University of New York at Buffalo(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Seoul National University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Cologne/Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Stockholm University(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Max Planck Institute, Psycholinguistics(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Long default and short indefinite noun forms in Kupsapiiny: Synchronic usage and diachronic development2023

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      言語研究

      Volume: 163

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 14: Sidaama2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      In Wakjira, Bedilu, Ronny Meyer, Yvonne Treis, and Zelealem Leyew (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages. Oxford University Press.

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 19 The ‘along’--deictic-directional verb suffix complex in Kupsapiny2021

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Antoine Guillaume and Harold Koch (eds.) Associated Motion.

      Volume: 1 Pages: 747-778

    • DOI

      10.1515/9783110692099-019

    • ISBN
      9783110692099
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 新しいアフリカ言語研究2021

    • Author(s)
      大野仁美、河内一博、中川裕、米田信子、亀井伸孝、森壮也、宮本律子
    • Journal Title

      アフリカ研究

      Volume: 100 Pages: 67-72

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Directness of causation and morphosyntactic complexity of constructions: Japanese and Korean cases.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Sang-Hee Park, and Erika Bellingham
    • Journal Title

      Iwasaki, Shoichi, Susan Strauss, Shin Fukuda, Sun-Ah Jun, Sung-Ock Sohn, and Kie Zuraw (eds.) Japanese/Korean Linguistics.

      Volume: 26 Pages: 225-236

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Introduction: Motion event descriptions in broader perspective.2020

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Yo, and Kazuhiro Kawachi
    • Journal Title

      Matsumoto, Yo, and Kazuhiro Kawachi (eds.) Broader Perspectives on Motion Event Descriptions).

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-22

    • DOI

      10.1075/hcp.69.int

    • ISBN
      9789027205667, 9789027261069
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 7: Should Talmy’s motion typology be expanded to visual motion? An investigation into expressions of motion, agentive motion, and visual motion in Sidaama (Sidamo).2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Matsumoto, Yo, and Kazuhiro Kawachi (eds.) Broader Perspectives on Motion Event Descriptions).

      Volume: 1 Pages: 205-233

    • DOI

      10.1075/hcp.69.07kaw

    • ISBN
      9789027205667, 9789027261069
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 16: Sidaama.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Tasaku Tsunoda (ed.) Mermaid Constructions: A Compound-Predicate Construction with Biclausal Appearance.

      Volume: 1 Pages: 679-733

    • DOI

      10.1515/9783110670844-016

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 42: Sidaama.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Vossen, Rainer, and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of African Languages.

      Volume: 1 Pages: 543-552

    • DOI

      10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.30

    • ISBN
      0199609896, 9780199609895, 9780191750236
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Exploring the representation of causality across languages: Integrating production, comprehension and conceptualization perspectives.2020

    • Author(s)
      Bellingham, Erika, Stephanie Evers, Kazuhiro Kawachi, Alice Mitchell, Sang-Hee Park, Anastasia Stepanova, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Journal Title

      Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal and Nora Boneh (eds.) Perspectives on Causation.

      Volume: 1 Pages: 75-119

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-3-030-34308-8_3

    • ISBN
      9783030343071, 9783030343088
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Directness of causation and morphosyntactic complexity of constructions: Japanese and Korean cases.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Sang-Hee Park, and Erika Bellingham
    • Journal Title

      Japanese/Korean Linguistics

      Volume: 26

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 19: The ‘along’ - deictic-directional verb suffix complex in Kupsapiny.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Antoine Guillaume and Harold Koch (eds.) Associated Motion.

      Volume: 1

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 14: Sidaama.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Wakjira, Bedilu, Ronny Meyer, Yvonne Treis, and Zelealem Leyew (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages.

      Volume: 1

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] クプサビニィ語の venitive の方向ダイクシス移動動詞・動詞接尾辞の使用領域2021

    • Author(s)
      河内一博
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第58回学術大会 於広島市立大学(オンライン)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Causer intentionality, causer type, and agentivity in causative event descriptions2021

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Erika Bellingham, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      Causal constructions in the world’s languages (synchrony, diachrony, typology) at the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Online)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 因果関係の通言語的実験研究による言語の類似点と相違点へのアプローチ:言語使用におけるアイコニシティの問題と動作主的エンコーディングの問題2021

    • Author(s)
      河内一博
    • Organizer
      東京アフリカ言語学研究会2021年度第2回研究会(共催:日本アフリカ学会関東支部2021年度 第1回例会、基幹研究「多言語・多文化共生に向けた循環型の言語研究体制の構築(LingDy3)」)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Causative at the syntax-semantics interface2021

    • Author(s)
      Bohnemeyer, Juergen, Erika Bellingham, Andrea Arino, Jing Milly Du, James Essegbey, Stephanie Evers, Saima Hafeez, Iraide Ibarretxe-Antunano, Pia Jarnefelt, Kazuhiro Kawachi, Thomas Fuyin Li, Yu Li, Magali; Lopez Cortez, Guillermo Montero-Melis, Tatiana Nikitina, Sang-Hee Park, Anastasia Stepanova
    • Organizer
      University at Buffalo Semantic Typology Lab Department of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Causer intentionality, causer type, and agentivity in causative event descriptions.2021

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Erika Bellingham, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      Causal constructions in the world’s languages (synchrony, diachrony, typology).
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Agentive vs. non-agentive encoding in causative event descriptions in English and Japanese.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Erika Bellingham, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第13回国際春季フォーラム
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ビデオ実験による形態統語論・意味論・語用論の類型的研究2020

    • Author(s)
      河内一博
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第57回学術大会 フォーラム「新しいアフリカ言語研究:方法論の刷新」
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The encoding of causal chains across languages.2020

    • Author(s)
      Bohnemeyer, Juergen, Erika Bellingham, Pia Jarnevelt, Kazuhiro Kawachi, Yu Li, Alice Mitchell, Guillermo Montero-Melis, Sang-Hee Park, Anastasia Stepanova, and Emanuel Bylund
    • Organizer
      94th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America at Hilton New Orleans Riverside
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 国際共同研究プロジェクト "Causality across languages" の研究方法とこれまでの成果の概要2020

    • Author(s)
      河内一博(Juergen Bohnemeyer,Erika Bellingham と)
    • Organizer
      「空間移動と状態変化の表現の並行性に関する統一的通言語的研究」研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The semantic typology of causatives: New approaches to data collection and analysis.2019

    • Author(s)
      Bellingham, Erika, Pia Jarnevelt, Kazuhiro Kawachi, Yu Li, Alice Mitchell, Guillermo Montero-Melis, Sang-Hee Park, Anastasia Stepanova, Emanuel Bylund, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      Association for Linguistic Typology 13th Biennial Conference at the University of Pavia, Italy
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A crosslinguistic experimental study of fourteen different paths: Toward a scale-based typology of motion event descriptions.2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Yo, Anna Bordilovskaya, Kiyoko Eguchi, Kazuhiro Kawachi, Miho Mano, Takahiro Morita, Naonori Nagaya, Kiyoko Takahashi, and Yuko Yoshinari
    • Organizer
      Association for Linguistic Typology 13th Biennial Conference at the University of Pavia, Italy
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Modeling causative complexity across languages with the Interclausal Relations Hierarchy.2019

    • Author(s)
      Bellingham, Erika, Pia Jarnefelt, Kazuhiro Kawachi, Yu Li, Alice Mitchell, Guillermo Montero-Melis, Sang-Hee Park, Anastasia Stepanova, Emanuel Bylund, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      15th Biannual International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar at the State University of New York at Buffalo
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Iconicity in usage: A cross-linguistic study of causative event descriptions.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Erika Bellingham, Juergen Bohnemeyer, and Sang-Hee Park
    • Organizer
      15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference at Kansai Gakuin University
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Introduction.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Anja Latrouite, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference at Kansai Gakuin University
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Speaker’s territory as a factor in the use of deictic verbs and verb affixes: The cases of Kupsapiny and Newar.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Ikuko Matsuse, and Yo Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference at Kansai Gakuin University
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Definiteness, specificity, and animacy in Kupsapiny.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Organizer
      14th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium at the University of Vienna, Austria
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A typological analysis of causative event descriptions in Sidaama (Highland East Cushitic; Ethiopia).2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro, Erika Bellingham, and Juergen Bohnemeyer
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第56回学術大会 京都精華大学
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Noun phrase structure and nominalizations in Sidaama (Highland East Cushitic; Ethiopia) and Kupsapiny (Southern Nilotic; Uganda).2019

    • Author(s)
      Kawachi, Kazuhiro
    • Organizer
      Osaka International Symposium on Nominalization
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Broader Perspectives on Motion Event Descriptions.2020

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, Yo, and Kazuhiro Kawachi (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      317
    • Publisher
      John Benjamins
    • ISBN
      9789027205667
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Kazuhiro Kawachi

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/kazuhirokawachi/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Theme session: “Causation in discourse and cognition: Crosslinguistic perspectives” at the 15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference at Kansei Gakuin University.2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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