2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Cognitive Pragmatics Approach to Metarepresentational Ability and Language Acquisition
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17520327
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nara Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
UCHIDA Seiji Nara Women's University, Faculty of Letters, Professor (00108416)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIMURA Akiko Nara Women's University, Faculty of Letters, Professor (40252556)
MATSUI Tomoko Kyoto University, Primate Research Insitute, Associate Professor (20296792)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | relevance theory / meterepresentation / explicature / implicature / theory of mind / communication |
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| Research Abstract |
The theme of the present research is to try to explore based on relevance theory how metarepresentaition is incorporated into language. Uchida chaired a symposium titled 'On metarepresentation' at the 24th national convention of the English Linguistic Society of Japan. He also read a paper and Matusi contributed to the symposium as one of the speakers. Matusi covered a wide range of metarepresentational phenomena and Uchida introduced a new approach to quotation.
The research results are seen in Uchida (2005, 2007a, 2007b), Yoshimura (2006, 2007a, 2007b), and Matsui (2005a, 2005b, 2006a, 2006b, 2007a, 2007b). Among others, Uchida (2005) applies metarepresentational phenomena to free indirect speech and Uchida (2007a) succeeds in explaining a relationship between deixis and metarepresentation.
Language acquisition is especially discussed in Uchida (2007b) and Matsui (2005a, 2005b). Uchida (2007b) takes Japanese verbs kureru / morau / ageru as linguistic items where metarepresentational processes are linguistically realized. Matsui (2005a, 2005b) discuss datte in the view of theory of mind. Yoshimura (2006) surveys previous studies on metalinguistic negation and proposes her own original ideas, which leads to the present research.
Uchida, et. al. (2008) is a translation of Robyn Carston's Thoughts and Utterances: The Pragmatics of Explicit Communication, to which Uchida and Matsui contributed. The book is a major publication in relevance theory since Sperber and Wilson's Relevance: Communication and Cognition, and the present translation will be of great help to the students and researchers in Japan who are interested in cognitive pragmatics and/or relevance theory.
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[Journal Article] メタ表象と引用2005
Author(s)
内田 聖二
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Journal Title
田中実、神崎高明(共編)『英語語法文法研究の新展開』(英宝社)
Pages: 149-154
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
Peer Reviewed
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[Presentation] 否定の語用論2008
Author(s)
吉村あき子
Organizer
KRG談話会
Place of Presentation
奈良女子大学
Year and Date
2008-03-01
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 否定の語用論2007
Author(s)
吉村あき子
Organizer
日本言語学会シンポジウム「否定と言語理論」講師
Place of Presentation
信州大学
Year and Date
2007-11-25
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 引用現象(序)2006
Author(s)
内田聖二
Organizer
KRG談話会
Place of Presentation
奈良女子大学
Year and Date
2006-07-08
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] On quotation2006
Author(s)
Uchida, Seiji
Organizer
ERG Meeting
Place of Presentation
Nara Women's University
Year and Date
2006-07-08
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Book] Thoughts and Utterances : The Pragmatics of Explicit Communication2008
Author(s)
Uchida, Seiji, Nishiyama, Yuji, Takeuchi, Michiko, Yamasaki, Ei-ichi, Matsui, Tomoko (translation)
Total Pages
xviii+616
Publisher
Kenkyusha, Tokyo
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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