Metapragmatic Approach to Language and Mind

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02598
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: OKITA TOMOKO 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語文化専攻), 招へい研究員 (50127205)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 堀田 知子 龍谷大学, 社会学部, 教授 (90209255)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): INAKI Akiko 追手門学院大学, 国際教養学部, 名誉教授 (50151577)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ことば学 / メタ語用論 / 情報デザイン / 情報の修整 / 重層構造 / 推論 / リテラシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study contributes to clarify both how to design verbal information and how to interpret it from comprehensive perspectives of semantics, pragmatics, stylistics and so on. Assuming that selection of words and constructions reflects discretion or expectations of users, we make inquiries into the ways to decipher and discern tricks in various genres such as fiction, conversation, speech, media report and online information, through metapragmatic approach to language and mind, which consequently reveals fascinating aspects of language use.

Free Research Field

意味論・語用論・文体論