Ellipsis of quotative predicates in Japanese

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23720202
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Linguistics
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	OSHIMA Yoshikazu 名古屋大学, 国際開発研究科, 准教授 (40466644)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Keywords	引用構文 / 話法 / 省略 / 慣用表現
Research Abstract	This research addressed the "quotative predicate ellipsis (QPE)" phenomenon in the Japanese language, where the speech predicate "iu" or the psychological predicate "omou", which typically serves as a clause-head, is elided from a quotative construction. After reviewing existing studies, I classified the QPE phenomenon into several subtypes and examined the morphological property, functional characteristics, and the distribution of each variety. Also, I made side-by-side comparison of two major approaches to the QPE phenomenon and considered the advantages and disadvantages of each.

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