2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A fundamental study on compiling a Japanese lexicon of abstract nouns
Project/Area Number |
16K02732
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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Research Institution | Osaka City University |
Principal Investigator |
NIWA Tetsuya 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (20228266)
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Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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Keywords | 文法 / 抽象名詞 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The study of the grammatical characteristics of Japanese abstract nouns is still underdeveloped. This investigation focused on constructions closely related to nouns, such as existence construction, "noun-final" construction, "kaki-ryouri" construction, "mono-da" construction, and "koto-da" construction. It also examined the sub-classifications of each construction, the relationships between them, and the associations between the semantic class of abstract nouns and their construction. For example, usage-related differences were found in the above types of the construction of nouns expressing human nature with high abstraction and non-restrictive attributes, such as "seikaku(性格)","seishitsu(性質)","kishitsu(気質)","jinkaku(人格)","hitogara(人柄)", and "taishitsu(体質)",and nouns expressing more concrete and restrictive human attributes, such as "chousho(長所)","tansho(短所)","jakuten(弱点)","kosei(個性)","kuse(癖)","tokushitsu(特質)","tokusei(特性)",and "sainou(才能)".
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Free Research Field |
日本語文法
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
国語辞書は、言葉の語義や用法を記載するものだが、言葉の文法的な性格の記述を取り入れることで、語義や用法の特徴がより明らかになる。近年の国語辞書は、この点で充実してきているが、それは文法的な性格が比較的明確な動詞が中心になっており、名詞については文法的な性格が記載されることがあまりない。具体的な物を表す名詞であれば、それがなくても問題は少ないが、抽象的な意味を表す名詞については、それを欠くと、語義の記述も十分なものにはならない。本研究は、その問題を克服することを目指して、名詞に関わる構文の基礎的な考察をなしたものである。
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