2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Pragmatic Studies in Exceptional English Usage : Interpretation of Subordinate Clauses
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20520443
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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 | Fukushima Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAYAMA Hitoshi Fukushima Medical University, 看護学部, 教授 (70259810)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 語彙 / 意味 / 語法 / 語用論 / 推論 / 関連性理論 |
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| Research Abstract |
The studies focus mainly on three types of grammatically exceptional English expression : NP+is+when/where/if-clause, independent nonrestrictive relative clauses, and nonrestrictive relative clauses that immediately follow their antecedents without commas or other kinds of boundary. By taking a pragmatic approach to those expressions, it has become clear that they can provide the hearer with appropriate interpretation by prompting the hearer to follow certain inference processes using context information available.
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