A Study from Multiple Approaches of the Generation and Acquisition of Passives

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02760
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Takachiho University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUYA Akemi 高千穂大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (60459261)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAKAHASHI Chikako 東京純心大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80350528)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 統語論 / 運用論 / 意味論 / 英語教育 / 受動文

Outline of Final Research Achievements

From the viewpoints of generative grammar, cognitive linguistics, and teaching English as a foreign language, this study has proven the following as to the production, interpretation, and acquisition of English passives via experiments on native and non-native speakers. First, English passives are triggered in a context which updates the common ground and foregrounds the patient and the theme. Second, the interpretations are context-dependent and obtained at the interface among syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Finally, the teaching materials of these factors motivate the acquisition of English passives.

Free Research Field

言語学　英語教育