A Cognitive Study on Epistemicity and Subjectivity: With Special Reference to Grammaticalization

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24720225
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	English linguistics
Research Institution	Osaka International University
Principal Investigator	IWASAKI Shin-ya 大阪国際大学, 国際コミュニケーション学部, 講師 (90379214)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	認知言語学 / 認識様態性 / 主体性 / 文法化 / 構文化
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study has shown that the string "used to be" becomes more functional and grammatical. More specifically, in some colloquial American English, "used to be" is becoming established as a construction in the sentence-initial position and implies that the situation that had held for a past interval of time no longer obtains. Moreover, I argued that "used to be" developed from the form [it used to be that-clause].

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