2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
In search of accounts of constructions whose forms and meanings represent mismatches
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19520432
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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 | Gakushuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAMI Ken-Ichi Gakushuin University, 文学部, 教授 (70154903)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 英語学 / 機能的構文論 / 意味 / 構文 / 形式 |
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| Research Abstract |
I have taken up English and Japanese constructions whose forms and meanings do not necessarily show one-to-one correspondence, such as negative, passive, causative, existential and possessive sentences, and subject-verb concord, and examined how their forms correspond to their meanings in such constructions. I have further made clear the syntactic, semantic and/or functional conditions under which such constructions are appropriately used. As a result of my research, I have published four books and eleven articles.
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