1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A STUDY ON THE FEATURE OF SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORDS IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH
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03610240
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
英語・英文学(アメリカ語･アメリカ文学)
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| Research Institution | KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
MIWA Nobuharu KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW AND LETTERS PROFESSOR, 法文学部, 教授 (40093629)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | Loanword / Double structure of English / Linguistic change / Diachronic |
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| Research Abstract |
IN THIS RESEARCH THE AUTHOR INVESTIGATED THE REASON OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORD BORROWED IN THE COURSE OF THE LONG HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED VAST NUMBER OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES, BUT THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS LAID ON THE PROCESS OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORDS. AND NO STUDIES ON THE REASON IN THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF LOANWORD HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
THE AUTHOR HAS TRIED TO CLARIFIED THE REASON OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF THE LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH BY THE DIACHRONIC VIEWPOINT INITIATED BY A. MARTINET AND W. VON WARTBURG. IN CH. 1 GENERAL VIEW ON THE WAY HOW TO STUDY THE REASON OF THE SEMANTIC CHANGE IS DESCRIBED. IN CH. 2, THE REASON OF PARTICULAR SEMANTIC CHANGE OF FRENCH LOANWORD nice IS DISCUSSED. THE PARTICULAR AND REMARKABLE SEMANTIC CHANGE OF nice WAS CERTAINLY CAUSED BY THE double structure of English, learned and popular. SOME OF THE LINGUISTIC CHANGE CAN BE EXPLAINED AS CAUSED BY THE double structure of English, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT IN THE INVESTIGATION OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE.
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