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Semantic Universality of Control Phenomena: A view from Japanese

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13165
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University (2020-2023)
Seigakuin University (2019)

Principal Investigator

Akuzawa Koyo  京都大学, 国際高等教育院, 講師 (30825162)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsコントロール / モダリティ / 定形節 / 時制 / 空範疇 / 文末名詞文 / 繰り上げ / 補文時制 / 語彙意味論 / 定形性 / 態度動詞 / 統語論 / 所有文 / 補文 / 意味論 / 補文構造 / 複文
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、「太郎は転職することを決意した」という例に代表される「コントロール」という現象(「転職する」の目に見えない主語の解釈が必然的に「決意する」の主語である「太郎」になる)に焦点をあて、当該の現象をもたらす要因を主に語彙意味的な観点から分析し、その本質を解明する。コントロール現象は言語理論の構築に重要な役割を果たしており、日本語から見えてくる事実によって現在の理論の再検討・再構築が可能になる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to analyze Japanese tense-marked clauses (where a morphological tense marker appears) from a lexical semantics perspective, addressing issues that standard theories of generative grammar have struggled to capture, such as control (and raising) in these clauses. Specifically, it rejected the traditional analysis that tense-marked clauses are syntactically and semantically vacuous, making them non-tensed clauses. Instead, by examining the lexical semantics of main clause predicates, the study argued that control (and raising) phenomena can be explained while maintaining the simplest hypothesis that these are indeed tensed clauses. This approach allows for a more simplified explanatory framework. Additionally, it argued that related facts, including the distribution of embedded tense, can naturally follow from the lexical semantics of main clause predicates.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究が対象としたコントロール(や繰り上げ)構文は、言語形式上ゼロの要素、すなわち、目に見えない言語的要素の解釈を扱っている。コントロール(及び繰り上げ)は、人間言語の背後にある心的メカニズムを明らかにするという目標を掲げる生成文法理論において重要な被説明項の一つである。本研究では、こうした構文の成立に関与する主文述語の語彙的意味を整理・抽出したうえで形式化し、より記述的・概念的に妥当な説明を与えるとともに、当該構文への新たな理論的取り扱いの道筋を示した。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] The lexical semantics of finite control: A view from Japanese2024

    • Author(s)
      Koyo Akuzawa and Yusuke Kubota
    • Journal Title

      Natural Language & Linguistic Theory

      Volume: - Issue: 3 Pages: 849-896

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11049-024-09613-9

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Semantic Properties of <i>Tumori-da</i> in Japanese2022

    • Author(s)
      阿久澤 弘陽
    • Journal Title

      Studies in the Japanese Language

      Volume: 18 Issue: 1 Pages: 36-52

    • DOI

      10.20666/nihongonokenkyu.18.1_36

    • ISSN
      1349-5119, 2189-5732
    • Year and Date
      2022-04-01
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Semantic Analysis of Embedded Tense in Finite Control in Japanese2021

    • Author(s)
      Yusuke Kubota and Koyo Akuzawa
    • Journal Title

      Japanese/Korean Linguistics

      Volume: 27 Pages: 193-207

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Against Finite Raising (and Against Defective Tense): A Semantic Analysis of <i>-yooni naru</i> in Japanese2021

    • Author(s)
      Koyo Akuzawa and Yusuke Kubota
    • Journal Title

      GENGO KENKYU (Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan)

      Volume: 160 Issue: 0 Pages: 249-261

    • DOI

      10.11435/gengo.160.0_249

    • ISSN
      0024-3914, 2185-6710
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A semantic analysis of finite control in Japanese2019

    • Author(s)
      Koyo Akuzawa and Yusuke Kubota
    • Journal Title

      Online Proceedings of Japanese/Korean Linguistics

      Volume: 26

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] 私は文末名詞文「気だ」を観察する気です。2023

    • Author(s)
      阿久澤弘陽
    • Organizer
      言語学フェス2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Inferring attitude verb meanings using sentence-final expressions2023

    • Author(s)
      Naho Orita, Koyo Akuzawa, Yusuke Kubota
    • Organizer
      The 36th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 定形繰り上げと定形コントロールの統語と意味2022

    • Author(s)
      阿久澤弘陽
    • Organizer
      第18回応用言語学研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 定形コントロールと相対テンス ―日本語からの視点―2021

    • Author(s)
      窪田悠介、阿久澤弘陽
    • Organizer
      Prosody & Grammar Festa 5
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 現代日本語における「つもりだ」の意味再考2020

    • Author(s)
      阿久澤弘陽
    • Organizer
      日本語学会2020年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Syntax and Semantics of Finite Control in Japanese: Focusing on the predicates involving 'tumori'2019

    • Author(s)
      Koyo Akuzawa
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Modality and Related Matters
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] On the clausal structure of finite control in Japanese2019

    • Author(s)
      Koyo Akuzawa
    • Organizer
      NINJAL-UHM Linguistics Workshop on Syntax-Semantics Interface, Language Acquisition, and Naturalistic Data Analysis
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A semantic analysis of embedded tense in finite control in Japanese2019

    • Author(s)
      Yusuke Kubota and Koyo Akuzawa
    • Organizer
      The 27th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 二種類の抽象名詞所有文とコントロール現象2019

    • Author(s)
      阿久澤弘陽、竹沢幸一
    • Organizer
      日本語文法学会第20回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 言語研究の楽しさと楽しみ2021

    • Author(s)
      竹沢幸一、阿久澤弘陽
    • Total Pages
      536
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758923002
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 日本語統語論研究の広がり : 記述と理論の往還2019

    • Author(s)
      阿久澤弘陽
    • Total Pages
      289
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874248119
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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