2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Semantic Extensions of Japanese Epistemic Modality Forms
Project/Area Number |
16K02748
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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 | Mukogawa Women's University |
Principal Investigator |
Kishita Rika 武庫川女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (50314026)
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Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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Keywords | 多義性 / 意味拡張 / 話者 / 概念化者 / 客体化 / メタファー |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Epistemic modality forms are polysemous words that not only express the judgment as to whether a proposition is true or false, but also describe the way of presenting information. The motivation for this semantic extension is the objectification of the subjects involved in the contents represented in these forms. When the contents of these forms express the truth of proposition, the conceptualizers who make the judgment are construed subjectively. On the other hand, when they describe information in discourse, the conceptualizers are construed objectively to be considered as an independent entity from the speaker. In this semantic extension, properties of each form as epistemic modality are mapping into those of the usage expressing the way to present information.
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Free Research Field |
意味論 文法論
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
日本語の認識的モダリティ形式の多義性に関する研究は、これまで一部の形式について限定的に行われることはあっても、体系的にはなされてこなかった。本研究はこの課題に取り組んだものである。認識の仕方を表す認識的モダリティとしての体系的記述を踏まえ、発話の仕方を表す用法についても記述を行い、その意味拡張の動機について考察を行った。この記述は、英語法助動詞など他言語との対照研究の基盤となり、言語の普遍性や個別性を捉える研究に貢献できる可能性がある。
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