| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Functional words in Polynesian languages can be classified into three types of particles, i.e. nominal particles, verbal particles and general particles. In this study, a number of particles were compared with their cognates in other Polynesian languages to examine semantic/functional difference observed between them. There are two kinds of differences observed in the data. One is the difference caused by a gradual shift of the meaning/function of a particle and the other is the one caused by semantic/functional integration of two particles into one. Moreover, the latter can be divided into two cases. When two particles which can occur in the same position in a sentence are integrated, it results in a multiple meaning particle. On the other hand, when two particles which can occur in the position adjacent to each other in a sentence are integrated, it results in a multiple function particle.
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