The correlation between the resultative construction and the manner-of-motion construction with special reference to Japanese learners of English

• Project/Area Number: 24520532
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Tokyo Gakugei University
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Takeru 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00187741)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 結果構文 / 移動様態 / パーティクル / 前置詞句 / 移動動詞 / 述語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is well-known that the strong resultative construction and the manner-of-motion construction with a particle are strongly correlated. For example, Germanic languages like English have both constructions while Romance languages like French as well as Japanese lack them both. The present research has investigated whether the same correlation is observed in the process of learning English by Japanese learners and has shown that there is some correlation to some limited extent. The study also has conducted related background researches and presented them in international conferences.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Verbs of apparent accomplishment in Japanese (2016)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Journal Title: 慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所紀要 Volume: 47 Pages: 77-86
  • NAID: 40020785294
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Resultative/Progressive -te-i: The ingressive meaning of the perfective form and its implications in Japanese (2015)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Journal Title: MIT Working Papers on Linguistics: The proceedings of WAFL 10 Volume: 未定
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 日本人英語学習者の英語結果構文に対する理解 (2013)
  • Author(s): 柳澤沙智
  • Journal Title: LEO Volume: 42 Pages: 1-23
• [Journal Article] Not so Simple as Ik- Sounds: Verbs of Motion and Purpose Ni in Japanese (2013)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Journal Title: MIT Working Papers in Linguistics Volume: 67 Pages: 343-348
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] NO PLACE/GOAL PS IN ARGUMENT POSITIONS IN JAPANESE: DIRECTED MOTION AS CHANGE OF LOCATION (2013)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Journal Title: MIT Working Papers on Linguistics Volume: To appear Pages: 343-348
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Semantic Case -O and Concealed Conatives in Japanese (2015)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Organizer: The 10th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 東京外国語大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Resultative/Progressive -te-i: The Ingressive Meaning of the Perfective Form and its Implications in Japanese (2014)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Organizer: The 10th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ ボストン MIT
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-02 – 2014-05-04
• [Presentation] Not so Simple as Ik- Sounds: Verbs of Motion and Purpose Ni in Japanese (2013)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Organizer: The 9th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Cornell University
• [Presentation] NO PLACE/GOAL PS IN ARGUMENT POSITIONS IN JAPANESE: DIRECTED MOTION AS CHANGE OF LOCATION (2012)
  • Author(s): Takeru Suzuki
  • Organizer: 8th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: シュツットガルト大学（シュツットガルト、ドイツ）