A contrastive study on the transition and ambiguity of word classes in Polynesian languages

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02709
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Muroran Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SHIONOYA TORU 室蘭工業大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (10281867)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: ポリネシア諸語 / 対照研究 / 語類

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to examine various problems related to the classification of four morpheme types (words, particles, clitics, and affixes) and two word classes (verbs and nouns) in Polynesian languages. In doing so, particular focus was placed on the cases where cognate morphemes belong to different morpheme types in different languages and the cases where it is difficult to determine which morpheme type or which word class a certain morpheme belongs to. In order to give explanations to these cases, two effective viewpoints were provided. Moreover, the classification of morpheme types appropriate for Polynesian languages was discussed.

Free Research Field

言語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本稿で示された二つの視点、すなわち、元々は複数の接語が並んで自立語に付加されていた所で、その複数の接語の機能が一つの接語に形式的に融合された場合があると考える視点、そして、一部の接語について、名詞句に付加されるか動詞句に付加されるかの区分に関して曖昧性を持っている場合があると考える視点、の二つの視点を用いることで、語類に関連する様々な問題を説明することができる。このような視点は、ポリネシア諸語以外の語類に関わる問題にも応用できるものと期待される。