A Research on Scalar Semantics of Degree Modification and Verbal Aspect

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24520507
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese linguistics
Research Institution	Seitoku University
Principal Investigator	KITAHARA Hiroo 聖徳大学, 文学部, 准教授 (00337776)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	程度修飾 / アスペクト / (非)限界性 / (非)段階性 / 状態 / 量 / (非）限界性 / (非）段階性 / スケール(scale) / 程度副詞 / 段階性(gradability) / 数量詞 / スケール
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research focuses on degree modification and verbal aspect, especially telicity. First, it classifies degree adverbials identifying degree of state based on their possibility of quantity modification and the scalar structure of their modifees. Secondly, I discuss the way how adverbial numeral quantifiers delimit the events described by dynamic predicates. Finally, I propose the nature of numeral quantifiers in order to account for quantity modification.