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Compositional meaning of negative polarity items

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23720245
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionOchanomizu University

Principal Investigator

NAKANISHI Kimiko  お茶の水女子大学, 大学院人間文化創成科学研究科, 准教授 (30598751)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
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: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords意味論 / 否定極性表現 / 普遍性 / 国際情報交流
Research Abstract

This research program advanced the understanding of "how the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meaning of its parts" by examining the semantics of negative polarity items (NPIs such as 'anyone') and additive particles (such as 'even/also') in English, Japanese, and German. Specifically, the program compared decomposable NPIs (such as Japanese 'dare-mo') with NPIs that have no apparent parts (such as English 'anyone'). By comparing three languages above, the program

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The scope of even and quantifier raising2012

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi, Kimiko
    • Journal Title

      Natural Language Semantics

      Volume: 20:2 Issue: 2 Pages: 115-136

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11050-011-9077-7

    • URL

      http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11050-011-9077-7

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement in the Nominal and Verbal Domains2013

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi, Kimiko
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Classifiers and Mass/Count Distinction
    • Place of Presentation
      星陵会館
    • Year and Date
      2013-02-21
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Measure Phrases and Gradable Predicates in Japanese2012

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi, Kimiko
    • Organizer
      意味論研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2012-02-10
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Measure Phrases and Gradable Predicates in Japanese2011

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi, Kimiko
    • Organizer
      福岡大学言語学コロキュアム
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡大学
    • Year and Date
      2011-09-20
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Measure phrases and gradability

    • Author(s)
      中西公子
    • Organizer
      福岡大学言語学コロキュアム(招待講演)
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Focus, numerals, and negative polarity items in Japanese. Cross-Linguistic Focus Across the Grammar (provisional) (M. Kanazawa and C. Tancredi eds.)

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi, Kimiko
    • Publisher
      Amsterdam : John Benjamins (To appear) (ページ数未定)
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report

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

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