| Project/Area Number |
25770152
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | University of the Ryukyus |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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| Keywords | 琉球諸語 / 八重山語 / 焦点助辞 / 疑問文 / Ryukyuan / Yaeyaman / Focus Particles / Interrogatives / Focus / Plurality / Reduplication / Plurals / 焦点辞 / Particles |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The focus particle "du" is found throughout Ryukyuan, and plays an especially prominent role in the grammar of Yaeyaman. This project looked into the syntactic and semantic properties this particle plays in Yaeyaman interrogatives, with the following results: (1) I collected new data on the relationship between the syntactic position of "du" and the part of the sentence that it serves to focus. (2) Yaeyaman does not have a Japanese-style question particle, but instead uses "du" in many interrogatives. On the basis of original fieldwork data, I proposed a theory connecting the semantics of "du" with that of interrogatives. (3) I collected data on plural wh-words, and developed theory of their semantics. (4) I created a large archive of Yaeyaman fieldwork sessions and natural speech.
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