| Project/Area Number |
22720194
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Okinawa International University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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| Keywords | 英語史 / 英語 / 歴史言語学 / 談話分析 / 言語類型論 / 文法化 / 歴史語用論 / （間）主観化 / 言語接触 |
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| Research Abstract |
In Present Day English, (modal) verbs are morphonologically reduced onto pronominal subjects when they are juxtaposed e.g. it is > it’s. From a cross-linguistic perspective, the opposite dependency relation is much more common as seen in je aime ‘I love’ > j’aime in French. The survey results tell us that the Great Vowel Shift (GVS), which profoundly changed the way English words were pronounced roughly in 1500 through 1700, triggered such a weird morphonological relation in English.
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