A cognitive linguistics study of English adjectives: a quantitative approach

• Project/Area Number: 23720218
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: SHIBUYA Yoshikata 京都外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (70450690)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 意味論 / 実証的認知言語学 / 英語の形容詞 / 構文文法 / コーパス / 量的研究 / 国際研究者交流 / イギリス / デンマーク / 国際情報交換 / 英語形容詞 / 統計解析 / 認知言語学 / アメリカ

Research Abstract

The present research project is focused on the relationship between English adjectives and the constructions that they appear in. Theoretically, the work draws on cognitive-functional linguistics, while its analyses are heavily based on intensive quantitative/statistical analyses of data taken from corpora. The data comes from a synchronic corpus such as ICE-GB and also from diachronic corpora such as CLMET3.0 and DCPSE. By using a series of quantitative methods, the present work shows how adjectives are used in the attributive and predicative constructions. It also reveals how English adjectives have developed over time in these two constructions.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Diachronic change of English attributive and predicative adjectives from 1710 to the 1990s (2014)
  • Author(s): 渋谷良方
  • Journal Title: 日本認知言語学会論文集 Volume: (印刷中)
• [Presentation] Diachronic change of English attributive and predicative adjectives from 1710 to the 1990s (2013)
  • Author(s): 渋谷良方
  • Organizer: 14回日本認知言語学会(JCLA 14)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都外国語大学
  • Year and Date: 2013-09-21
• [Presentation] Characterizing the relation between adjectives and constructions (2012)
  • Author(s): Shibuya, Yoshikata
  • Organizer: The 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference(第4回英国認知言語学会)
  • Place of Presentation: King's College London
  • Year and Date: 2012-07-12
• [Presentation] Characterizing the relation between adjectives and constructions (2012)
  • Author(s): Yoshikata Shibuya
  • Organizer: 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: King's College London
• [Presentation] 英語形容詞の使用 : 構文との関係 (2011)
  • Author(s): 渋谷良方
  • Organizer: 英語コーパス学会(第37回大会)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都外国語大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-02
• [Presentation] Coordinative syntax and the function of modification : the case of nice and Adjective expressions (2011)
  • Author(s): Shibuya, Yoshikata
  • Organizer: The 11th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference(第11回国際認知言語学会)
  • Place of Presentation: Xi'an International Studies University
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-15
• [Presentation] Coordinative syntax and the function of modification: the case of nice and Adjective expressions (2011)
  • Author(s): Yoshikata Shibuya
  • Organizer: The 11th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC 11)
  • Place of Presentation: 中国（西安）、西安外国語大学
• [Presentation] 英語形容詞の使用：構文との関係 (2011)
  • Author(s): 渋谷良方
  • Organizer: 英語コーパス学会、第37回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都外国語大学
• [Presentation] Diachronic change of English attributive and predicative adjectives from 1710 to the 1990s
  • Author(s): Yoshikata Shibuya
  • Organizer: 日本認知言語学会（JCLA 14）
  • Place of Presentation: 京都外国語大学