2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
On the acquisitoin of English verbs and cognitive development: A view from cognitive linguistics
| Project/Area Number |
15K02597
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
深田 智 京都工芸繊維大学, 基盤科学系, 教授 (70340891)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 言語獲得 / 使用依拠モデル / 構文獲得 / 移動事象 / 状態変化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this study was to investigate how English-speaking children acquire usages of verbs and grammatical constructions, applying the theoretical views of cognitive linguistics. The survey utilized the CHILDES database composed of child-adult conversations, and analyzed the chronological distributions of utterances including the target constructions: get-constructions denoting change of state and “let’s + motion verb” constructions in particular. This study also examined the instances in terms of the context of utterances as well as the pragmatic function of the construction employed. It has been suggested that such factors as interactions with the interlocutor and physical experiences co-occurring the conversations play important roles in the acquisition of grammatical constructions.
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| Free Research Field |
認知言語学
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