A Comprehensive Study on the Mechanism which Controls the Selection and Omission of Referential Expressions and Nominalizing Forms in English and Japanese
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24520534
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
OTAKE YOSHIO 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (60272126)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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| Keywords | 日英語比較研究 / 指示表現 / 名詞節化形式 / 実情や結末の判明を伝える構文 / 接続表現 / It is that節構文 / It turns out that節構文 / I hate to say it構文 / 換言 / That is構文 / S+turn+out節構文 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
English and Japanese have been compared and contrasted, and some interesting characteristics have been revealed. In this research, we have made a comprehensive exploration of the mechanism which controls the selection and omission of English and Japanese linguistic forms such as the referential expression "it" in English, the "that"-clause, and the nominalizing form "no" in Japanese. First, we have provided a unified account for similarities and differences between the It is that-clause construction with the It turns out that-clause construction, paying close attention to information processing by referential expressions. We have also pointed to some of the hitherto neglected semantic and pragmatic aspects of the I hate to say X construction. We have extensively discussed that the referential expression "it" or "this" shown in the X of the I hate to say X construction is selected to convey information that has previously been established but unknown to the hearer.
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