A Contrastive Study of the Locative Alternations in Japanese and English: A Hierarchical Model of Semantic Types of Verbs
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23720231
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Saitama University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWANO Yasuko 埼玉大学, 教養学部, 准教授 (00364159)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
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| Keywords | 格体制の交替現象 / 壁塗り代換 / locative alternation / 動詞 / 格交替 / 意味論 |
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| Research Abstract |
The locative alternation is a phenomenon in which a certain class of verbs causes an alternation in syntactic frames. This study discussed the mechanism of the Japanese and English locative alternations.
The locative alternation in both languages arises as a result of a semantic type shift, in which the same objective event is linguistically conceptualized either as a subtype of a change of location or a subtype of a change of state, and can be accounted for by assuming three hierarchically ordered levels in semantic types of verbs: a level determining the syntactic frame of a verb, a lower level determining whether a verb undergoes alternation, and a much lower level determining the allowable pattern of the alternation. Although the Japanese and English locative alternations arise by the same mechanism, the lists of alternating verbs slightly differ between the two languages. This difference can be accounted for by the semantic characteristics of each verb.
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