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Descriptive research on clarifying the systematization of idiom change

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00674
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
Research InstitutionToyo University (2021-2022)
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) (2020)

Principal Investigator

Inoue Ai  東洋大学, 経済学部, 教授 (70441889)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords英語定型表現研究 / イディオム / 意味論 / 形態論 / 英語辞書学 / コーパス / 統語論 / フレイジオロジー / イディオム変化 / 実証的研究 / 現代英語
Outline of Research at the Start

「イディオムの不変から可変を明示する体系的研究」という目的を達成するための具体的な研究内容は、次の3点です。①誰もが利用できる電子言語資料収集体(コーパス)を用いて、変化形イディオムの統語的・意味的・音声的特徴を調べ、「イディオムは変化する」ことを明らかにする。②①で扱った変化形イディオムが、イディオムかどうかをイディオム性(イディオムであるかどうかを判断する指標)を用いて明らかにする。③①と②で扱った様々な変化形イディオムの実態調査の結果より、イディオム変化の規則性を見出し、新しく観察される変化形イディオムの成立に学術的説明を与える。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research clarified the 'invariant to variable rules for idioms' and whether they can be adapted to idioms used in various domains. The results were presented at domestic and international conferences and in professional journals, where they not only received a certain amount of recognition but also positive feedback. Next, based on the idea of 'returning the results of this research to education', I worked on how to describe it in an English-Japanese dictionary for learners, which is an essential tool when learning English. Based on the idea of giving research back to education, this study proposed how phrase change, one of the phenomena of the new language, could be described in the dictionary in a way that would be beneficial to Japanese learners of English.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で明らかにした「変化しないと考えられてきたイディオムの変化とその規則の解明」は、時事刻々と変化する現代英語の姿を忠実にしています。この研究成果は、英語学習の際に必須のツールとなる辞書のイディオム記述充実に役に立ちます。学習者用英和辞典は、長い歴史があり充実した記述となっていますが、イディオムを含むフレーズ(2語以上から成り立つ語連結)の記述については、量的・質的な改善が求められています。そこで本研究で明らかにしたフレーズの実態を辞書に忠実に反映することで、日本人英語学習者の英語力向上に貢献できることに意義があります。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Phraseological Cleansing: Creating a Dictionary for Japanese English Learners2022

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Asian Lexicography in the Digital Age: Challenges and Solutions

      Volume: 1 Pages: 108-122

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Idiom variants observed in present-day English: systematic or creative?2022

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 18 Pages: 519-544

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] English-Japanese dictionaries for learners: Phraseological problems and proposed solutions2021

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Lexicography and Language Documentation

      Volume: 1 Pages: 14-27

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A lexical priming's analysis of semantically similar group prepositions in formal English2020

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Journal Title

      Lexicon

      Volume: 50 Pages: 1-23

    • NAID

      40022338764

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 心理的距離と抽象度による代名詞の使い分けが及ぼす影響ー人を表すthey who, these who, those whoの場合ー2020

    • Author(s)
      井上亜依
    • Journal Title

      英語実証研究の最前線

      Volume: 0 Pages: 33-48

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Corpus pattern analysis of of-construction phrase transformations to the genitive2020

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of English Linguistics

      Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Pages: 118-129

    • DOI

      10.5539/ijel.v10n6p118

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Phraseological cleansing: Creating a Dictionary for Japanese English Learners2022

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Organizer
      15th Asian Association for Lexicography 2022 (AsiaLex 2022)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Idiom variant observed in present-day English: Systematic or Creative?2022

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Organizer
      The 9th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (BICLCE9)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英語定型表現研究:概観・問題・実践2022

    • Author(s)
      井上亜依
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会英語辞書研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 英語辞書学関連学会のお知らせ2021

    • Author(s)
      井上亜依
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会英語辞書研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Are idioms arbitrarily changing? A large-scale corpora investigation2021

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Organizer
      The 6th International Society for the Linguistics of English
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] English-Japanese dictionaries for learners: Their phraseological problems and proposed solutions2021

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Organizer
      The 14th International Conference of the Asian Association for Lexicography
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A large-scale corpora investigation into English idiom variants in the domain of anger2021

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Organizer
      European Society of Phraseology 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Translanguaging and phrase-based practices in English language education for Japanese college students2021

    • Author(s)
      Ai Inoue
    • Organizer
      Beyond Multilingualism - Translanguaging in Eduation
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] イディオムの可変への規則性2021

    • Author(s)
      井上亜依
    • Organizer
      関西英語語法文法研究会第42回例会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 英語教育への一提案ーフレイジオロジーを活用した「英語らしさ」の獲得2020

    • Author(s)
      井上亜依
    • Organizer
      日本英語コミュニケーション学会第29回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 文法活用の大学英語演習2022

    • Author(s)
      八木克正(監修)、井上亜依・住吉誠・藏園和也
    • Total Pages
      246
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758923798
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography2022

    • Author(s)
      Howard Jackson (ed.)
    • Total Pages
      512
    • Publisher
      Bloomsbury
    • ISBN
      9781350181700
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 英語実証研究の最前線2020

    • Author(s)
      八木克正・神崎高明・梅咲敦子・友繁義典(編)
    • Total Pages
      217
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922890
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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