2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Diachronic Study of Discourse Connectives : Grammaticalization Explained by Relevance Theory
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12610517
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Ryukoku University (2001-2003)
Kobe College (2000) |
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Principal Investigator |
HIGASHIMORI Isao Ryukoku Univ., Dept.of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (20148604)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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| Keywords | discourse connectives / relevance theory / grammaticalization / combinatory discourse connectives / ad hoc concept construction / procedural meaning / meaning changes / Sperber & Wilson |
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| Research Abstract |
1.(1),Meaning Changes of Discourse connectives(BUT, LIKE, WHY) in Shakespearean works can be fully explained by Ad hoc concept construction in Relevance Theory.
(2),English and Japanese combinatory discourse connectives(BUT STILL, DAGA+SHIKASHI) can be accounted for by cognitive pragmatics.
(3),As for the meaning changes of BUT STILL, I have pointed out that Diane Blakemore's recently published book<(2002) Meaning and Relevance : The Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse Connectives, Cambridge University Press>is quite insufficient.
(4),In order to explain combinatory discourse connectives, I have concluded that Sperber & Wilson's Relevance Theory is superior to Levinson's GCI account.
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