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Universality of scale structures: Evidence from quantified expressions in Japanese and English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23720220
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionOsaka University (2015)
Osaka Medical College (2011-2014)

Principal Investigator

Minami Eri  大阪大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (40452685)

Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywordsスケール / 動詞 / measure phrases / スケール構造 / 形容詞 / 最小値 / 度量句 / Measure Phrases / 意味論 / 最小値閉スケール / Measure phrases / 程度副詞 / 変化動詞 / 動作動詞
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aimed at answering the question if we can apply scale structures proposed for gradable adjectives in the literature to other syntactic-semantic domains including verbal and prepositional domains. To achieve this goal, I examined the distributions of two types of measure phrases in English, degree adverbs both in English and Japanese, and comparative structures.
The distribution of measure phrases and degree adverbs point to a similar structure in verbal domains as the one in gradable adjectives: some verbs accept only bare MPs, while others accept by-MPs as well, and those that accept by-MPs coincide with the distribution of "slightly", which is an indicator of the minimum element on a scale. I also propose that verbs, unlike adjectives, do not lexicalize degrees, but they are converted to a "scalar" predicate syntactically.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2011

All Journal Article (5 results) Presentation (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Measure Phrases の意味論分析: 程度分析とベクトル意味論の比較2014

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Journal Title

      人文研究

      Volume: 45 Pages: 75-95

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 動詞句における度量句の分布とスケール構造2014

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Journal Title

      言葉のしんそう(深層・真相)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 361-372

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 動詞句における度量句の分布とスケール構造2014

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Journal Title

      言葉のしんそう(深層・真相)---大庭幸男教授退職記念論文集

      Volume: なし

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Review: Robert Truswell, Events, Phrases and Questions2014

    • Author(s)
      Eri Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Studies in English Literature

      Volume: 55 Pages: 201-210

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 英語の段階的変化述語と差の解釈2011

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Journal Title

      意味と形式のはざま

      Volume: 1 Pages: 59-72

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The degree of standard in measure phrase modification2016

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Organizer
      東海意味論研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The semantics of measure phrases across categories2015

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Organizer
      阪大英文学会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The semantics of measure phrases in the verbal domain2015

    • Author(s)
      Eri Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Poznan Linguistic Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-17 – 2015-09-19
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The semantics of measure phrases in the verbal domain2015

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Organizer
      東海意味論研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 動詞のスケール構造と二種類のMeasure Phrasesの分布について2014

    • Author(s)
      田中英理
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学(愛媛県松山市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-15 – 2014-11-16
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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