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1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Descriptive and Theoretical Study on Positions of Adverbs and Their Semantic Interpretation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05610380
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 英語・英米文学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

SUZUKI Hidekazu  University of Tsukuba, Institute of Modern Languages and Cultures, Prefessor, 現代語・現代文化学系, 教授 (30004071)

Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1995
KeywordsModern English / adverb / positions of occurrence / semantic interpretation / generative grammar / adjunct / licensing conditions
Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the following problems and to try to answer them based on the previous studies in generative grammar, especially, principles-and-parameters approach of generative grammar :
(i) what position are the adverbs or adjuncts given in the phrase or hierarchical structure of sentences?
(ii) how do adverbs or adjuncts behave with respect to NP-movement, Wh-movement and LF-movement?
(iii) how can adverbs or adjuncts be given proper semantic interpretation in sentences?
The research during three years have shown the properties of English adverbs and adjuncts as follows :
(i) The adverbs which are ambiguous in meaning with multiple uses of functions can be disambiguated by the elements which cooccur with them in sentences ; what can be involved with this kind of disambiguation are functional possibilities of individual adverbs, the meaning of the whole sentence in which an adverb appears, and the compatibility between the properties of adverbs and those of other elements which adverbs cooccur with.
(ii) The positions in which adverbs occur in sentences and their syntactic or hierarchical status in sentences play an important role in disambiguating the ambiguity of multiple-use adverbs, and they are also significant for classifying sentence adverbs and predicate adverbs.
(iii) While most of adverbs are used as optional elements in sentences, they have cooccurrence restrictions with other elements in sentences ; these cooccurrence restrictions are not only of great importance for assigning proper semantic interpretations to adverbs but they can also be generalized into licensing conditions of adverbs which explain that certain adverbs cannot be used in some sentences but they can in other sentences.

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All Publications (24 results)

  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "On the structure of the verb-particle construction" 言語文化論集. 38. 337-352 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "Toward an explanation of adverbs" 筑波英学展望. 14. 33-47 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "副詞の特徴と下位分類" 原口庄輔・鈴木英一(編) 『言語研究と言語教育』. 87-96 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "統語論" 斎藤武生・原口庄輔(編) 『英文法への誘い』. 36-62 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "意味論" 斎藤武生・原口庄輔・鈴木英一(編) 『英文法への誘い』. 63-82 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "存在文" 斎藤武生・原口庄輔・鈴木英一(編) 『英文法への誘い』. 198-216 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "Cooccurrence Restrictions of Predicate Adverbs" 言語文化論集. 43(発表予定).

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "Adverbs, Adverbials and Adiuncts" 外国語教育論集. 17(発表予定).

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一: "Factors Licensing Adverbials" 筑波英学展望. 15(発表予定).

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一・安井 泉: "現代の英文法(8) 動詞" 研究社, 425 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 斎藤武生・原口圧輔・鈴木英一: "英文法への誘い" 開拓社, 337 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 鈴木英一・小野塚裕視: "動詞中心の英学法" 開拓社(発表予定),

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  • [Publications] "On the structure of the verb-particle construction" Studies in Languages and Cultures. No.38. 337-352 (1994)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] "Toward an explanation of adverbs" Tsukuba Review of English Studies. No.14. 33-47 (1995)

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  • [Publications] "Characteristics and subclassification of adverbs" Linguistic Study and Language Teaching, eds.S.Haraguchi and H.Suzuki. 87-96 (1995)

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  • [Publications] "Syntax" Invitation to English Grammar, eds.T.Saito, S.Haraguchi and H.Suzuki, Kaitakusha. 36-62 (1995)

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  • [Publications] "Semantics" (with S.Haraguchi) Invitation to English Grammar, eds.T.Saito, S.Haraguchi and H.Suzuki, Kaitakusha. 63-82 (1995)

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  • [Publications] "Existential Sentences" Invitation to English Grammar, eds.T.Saito, S.Haraguchi and H.Suzuki, Kaitakusha. 198-216 (1995)

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  • [Publications] "Cooccurrence Restrictions of Predicate Adverbs" Studies in Languages and Cultures. No.43 [to appear].

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  • [Publications] "Adverbs, Adverbials and Adjuncts" Studies in Foreign Language Teaching. No.17 [to appear].

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  • [Publications] "Factors Licensing Adverbials" Tsukuba Review of English Studies. No.15 [to appear].

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  • [Publications] [co-author]: Verb.Series of Modern English Grammar, vol.3. Tokyo : Kenkyusha, (1994)

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  • [Publications] [co-editor]: Invitation to English Grammar.Tokyo : Kaitakusha, (1995)

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  • [Publications] [co-author]: English Grammar Focused on Verbs.Tokyo : Kaitakusha (to appear),

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