A Prosodic and Semantic Study of the Changes in Word Order in the English Language
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23520588
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Seigakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | 古英語 / 中英語 / 語順 / 統語論 / 韻律論 / 情報構造 / 古英語版七書 / 頭韻 / 後期古英語 / 初期中英語 / Ｖ２語順 / ＳＶ語順 / 韻律 / 語序 / UK / 歴史的変化 / 英語史 / 意味論 / 中期英語 / 散文 / 韻文 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study explores prosodic and semantic factors as the causes of changes in word order in Old English (OE) and Middle English (ME) by investigating and analysing Alfred’s Circle’s literature of verse and prose, Aelfric’s prose in late OE, and the prose part of the Peterborough Chronicle in early ME.
The V1 word order in OE prose, which often occurs in OE verse, is analysed in order to relate it to a semantic factor, which corresponds to a prosodic one. This study clarifies that the extinction of this word order was caused by the decline of V1 in ME verse and the V3 word order, which was related to a semantic factor, changed the predominant V2 word order Aelfric’s prose in late OE to the SV(O) word order.
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Research Products
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