2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Multidimensional Event Construals in Japanese and English
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19720117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nagano Prefectural College |
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Principal Investigator |
MACHIDA Akira Nagano Prefectural College, 大学院・総合科学研究科, 准教授 (40435285)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 認知文法 / 英語 / 日本語 / 受身文 / 視点 / プレーン / 参照点構造 / 主観性 |
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| Research Abstract |
When an event construal is analyzed only with respect to the action chain model, it may be referred to as unidimensional cognitive model. In contrast, we assume multidimensional cognitive models, which regard an event construal as a multi stratal complex of cognitive planes, as a conceptualization based on a reference point construction intrinsic to an action chain, or as a conceptual matrix with both event-internal and event-external perspectives. In this research, some aspects of multidimensional event construals are investigated with special reference to passive constructions in Japanese and English.
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