| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The conceptual expansion of nominal expressions is more likely to be attested in argument positions of predicates than in adjunct positions. Moreover, the same kind of asymmetrical distribution is found in the context of two-word combinations: the extended meanings attested in the head position (namely, the right-hand member) of word combinations are more varied than those found in the modifier position (namely, the left-hand member). Those asymmetrical distributions found in the two distinct contexts of use indicate that the conceptual expansion of nominals is likely to start in the positions of central participants and permeate to peripheral participants.
The historical research on the semantic change of nominals is still under way, but the discovery of the asymmetrical distribution, not only in the context of sentential predication but also in the context of modification (or, word combinations) is true of both English and Japanese. This is the main result of the project.
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