The Adaptive Change of English Syntactic Structure: The Rise of Functional Categories

• Project/Area Number: 22520509
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Nihon University
• Principal Investigator: HOSAKA Michio 日本大学, 文理学部, 教授 (10229164)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 英語史 / 統語変化 / 言語進化 / 機能範疇 / 分裂文 / 格 / 二重目的語構文 / 進化言語学 / 英語通時コーパス

Research Abstract

This research investigated how adaptively English has changed in its history on the basis of its syntactic change. Specifically, dealing with the development of conjunctions, the rise of complementizer that, the change of structural licensing in the Double Object Construction and the development of a monoclausal structure of cleft constructions, I demonstrated how closely these linguistic phenomena were related. In addition, I proposed the possibility of recapturing these phenomena as the microevolutionof language.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 言語変化と言語進化:格をめぐって (2011)
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Journal Title: 日本語学 Pages: 34-42
• [Journal Article] Review: Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva (2007) The Genesis of Grammar: A Reconstruction (2010)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Journal Title: English LiteratureEnglish Number 51 Pages: 134-145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Rise of Subordinators in the History of English: The Riddle of the Subordinator when (2010)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Journal Title: Aspects of theHistory of English Language and Literature Pages: 321-330
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Rise of the Complementizer that in the History of English (2010)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Journal Title: Language Change and Variation fromOld English to Late Modern English Pages: 59-78
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Review : Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva (2007) The Genesis of Gram-mar : A Reconstruction (2010)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Journal Title: English Literature English Number Volume: 51 Pages: 134-145
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Rise of Subordinators in the History of English : The Riddle of the Subordinator when (2010)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Journal Title: Aspects of the History of English Language and Literature Pages: 321-330
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Rise of the Complementizer that in the History of English (2010)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Journal Title: Language Change and Variation from Old Eng-lish to Late Modern English Pages: 59-78
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 思考の言語と伝達の言語 (2012)
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Organizer: 日本大学英文学会2012年度学術研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-12-08
• [Presentation] A Diachronic Approach toCleft Constructions in English (2012)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Organizer: The 4thInternational Conference of Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應義塾学
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-03
• [Presentation] 二重目的語構文再考 (2011)
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Organizer: 「英語の共時的及ひ通時的研究の会」発足二十五周年記念大会
  • Place of Presentation: 津田塾大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-28
• [Presentation] 二重目的語構文再考 (2011)
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Organizer: 津田塾大学言語文化研究所「英語の共時的及ひ通時的研究の会」発足二十五周年記念大会
  • Place of Presentation: 津田塾大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-27
• [Presentation] The Dynamic Change of Language Structure (2011)
  • Author(s): Michio Hosaka
  • Organizer: The 4th International Spring Forum of the EnglishLinguistic Society of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-04-23
• [Presentation] The Dynamic Change of Language Structure (2011)
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Organizer: The 4th International Spring Forum of the English Linguistic Society of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-04-23
• [Presentation] A Diachronic Approach to Cleft Constructions in English
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Organizer: The 4th International Conference of Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應大学
• [Presentation] 格と外在化
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会第85回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
• [Book] 生成言語研究の現在 (2013)
  • Author(s): 保坂道雄
  • Publisher: ひつじ書房
• [Book] 生成言語研究の現在 (2013)
  • Author(s): 池内正幸
  • Total Pages: 263
  • Publisher: ひつじ書房