2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
ENGLLSHAND STYLE IN EIGHTEENTH-AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY PROSE : WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WOMANS LANGUAGE
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17520329
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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 | Yamaguchi University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUTANI Midori Yamaguchi University, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, 准教授 (70259737)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | MODERN ENGLISH / HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGAUGE / PROSE / ENGLISH NOVEL / ENGLISH GRAMMAR / JANE AUSTEN / WOMAN WRITER / STYLE |
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| Research Abstract |
There are slight differences between the eighteenth- and nineteenth- century English and Present-day English This study contributes to the description of the English language in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which is, in the history of the English language, the final stage of development of Present-day English. The linguistic study is based on an empirical investigation.
Linguistic items tested am grammatical matters such as Aspect, Modality, and Mood- The progressive form is focused on and the passive construction is also analyzed from a viewpoint of alternation structure. On the other hand, vocabulary is studied with special attention to words in the course of a semantic change and those related to moral principles.
Eighteenth or nineteenth century is an era when Novel as a genre significantly developed. The present study also analyzes style in fiction of those days introducing' a sociolinguistic point of view Jane Austen is one of the remarkable woman writers of those days and her novels are precisely investigated. She skillfully employs language in her novels to describe the women of her day. The heroines inwardly struggle among the outward social pressures, which the examination of the vocabulary brings to light The language of letters in her novels is also examined, and its description and analysis reveals how a story in epistolary bur is improved into a novel in a modern style.
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Research Products
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