2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A study of comparative syntax of Armenian and Gothic
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16520225
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
CHIGUSA Shinichi Tohoku University, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (30125611)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DOYAMA Eijiro Osaka University, Graduate School of Letters, Lecturer, 大学院・文学研究科, 講師 (40346052)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | coordinate structure / relative clause / subordinate conjunction / discourse analysis |
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| Research Abstract |
On the basis of comparative analysis of the Armenian and Gothic versions with the Greek New Testament, we showed that the syntax of Armenian and Gothic is fully controlled by the systems of autonomous rules internal to each of the two languages, even though it was of great importance to translate the Greek original text as faithfully as possible. In particular, our objects of research are coordinate structures, relarive clauses, Armenian conjunctions t'e, et'e and Gothic ei, bei, and the discourse structure of Armenian. Moreover, by examining the problem about the influence of the syntactic features of the neighboring Middle Iranian, especially the Northwest Iranian dialects including Parthian upon the Armenian syntax, it is tentatively concluded that there was not so substantial strong influence of those languages as previously imagined by some scholars. Therefore, it became evident that the syntactic features inherent to Armenian and Gothic can be safely compared. In this research report a comparative text sample of Greek, Armenian and Gothic was presented from the Gospel according to St. Mark and, using it as main data, we attempted to describe a comparative syntax of coordinate structures, relarive clauses, Armenian and Gothic subordinate conjunctions, and Armenian translational properties for Greek verbal prefixes, with a short discourse analysis of Mk 11,1-11.
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