Study on the interpretation of French copular constructions lacking the article in the predicate noun.

• Project/Area Number: 23520495
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SAKAHARA Shigeru 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 教授 (40153902)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: コピュラ文 / 冠詞 / 属詞 / 冠詞の有無 / トートロジ / フランス語 / 国際情報交換 / フランス / 国際情報交流 / スイス / アメリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analysed the copular constructions with a bare predicate noun and constructed a powerful semantics of articles that can explain a subtle difference of meaning, depending on whether the predicate noun has a determiner or not. Our data cover 20th century French litterature such as Louis-Ferdinand Celine's Guignol's Band II (ex. Je suis de feu! ... Je suis lumiere! ... Je suis miracle!) and showed that the usage of predicate nouns in copular sentences brings about far more subtle and complex diffence in meaning than the accepted theories predict.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] アスペクト表示の複合動詞「Vて来る」と空間時間メタファ (2012)
  • Author(s): 坂原茂
  • Journal Title: 國語と國文學 Volume: 第89巻第11号 Pages: 53-62
• [Journal Article] フランス語コピュラ文の解釈と属詞の冠詞の有無 (2012)
  • Author(s): 坂原茂
  • Journal Title: フランス語学の最前線 Volume: 1 Pages: 1-52
• [Presentation] トートロジの語用論と分類 (2014)
  • Author(s): 坂原茂
  • Organizer: 文法学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-12
• [Presentation] トートロジの語用論とトートロジの分類 (2012)
  • Author(s): 坂原茂
  • Organizer: トートロジ・ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Dynamism of Category Reorganization in Tautology
  • Author(s): 坂原茂
  • Organizer: ジュネーブ大学(招待講演)
  • Place of Presentation: ジュネーブ大学言語学科
• [Presentation] Dynamism of Category Reorganization in Tautology
  • Author(s): 坂原茂
  • Organizer: 「時空間・論理領域の間の類比マッピングの形式モデル化とその検証」研究集会(招待講演)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学