An evidential study on the grammaticalization in German

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520367
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	SHIMAZAKI Satoru Tohoku University, 大学院・文学研究科, 准教授 (60400206)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	独語学 / ドイツ語史 / 言語学 / 独語
Research Abstract	A verb synchronizes with another verb with parallel meaning when it becomes an auxiliary verb. For instance, the verb 'sein' which was multiused as auxiliary verb of passive in Middle High German (11-14 century) is used only for limited in Modern German though it is still used as a auxiliary verb of perfect. That the verb 'be' has developed in English as auxiliary verb of passive and it was not used any longer as the auxiliary verb of perfect is parallel with the phenomenon that 'have' in English is used more than 'sein' in German as indirect passive and has not developed as auxiliary verb of perfect.