A Study of Sbujective Construal of English Perception Verb Constructions

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23062
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Tokiwa University (2020-2021); Yuge National College of Maritime Technology (2019)
• Principal Investigator: ITAGAKI Hiromasa 常磐大学, 総合政策学部, 助教 (30845251)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 認知言語学 / 主体性 / 構文 / 連結的知覚動詞構文 / ガスル型 / ヲシテイル型 / 知覚モダリティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has shown that the implicit experiencer in English perceptual constructions is interpreted differently depending on each perceptual modality, such as the implicit experiencer in expressions for gustatory modality tends to be interpreted as generic. In addition, it has explicated that English perceptual expressions focus on the evaluation of the property of the percept, while Japanese perceptual expressions tend to depict features of the percept that depend on the speaker's experience.

Free Research Field

認知言語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

知覚表現における明示されない主体の解釈が多様であると示した本研究は、日英語それぞれ個別言語の記述的貢献を与えている。さらに、認知言語学では、話者の役割を積極的に取り込む「主体性」を推し進めているが、本研究は、この「主体性」が必ずしも一律の解釈を生み出しているわけではないことを示唆している。