2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mood at Syntax-Pragmatics Interface
| Project/Area Number |
20520452
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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 | Shokei University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIROE Akira Shokei University, 文化言語学部・文化言語学科, 教授尚絅学園図書館長 (20369119)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | mood / illocutionary force / complementizer / represented speech / speech act compounding |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project explores an aspect of syntax-pragmatics interface, focusing in particular on a grammatical category mood. We have argued that modal asymmetry, where it is observed that embedded imperatives cannot be allowed, can be syntactically captured in terms of illocutionary force. More specifically, we have presented a restrictive mechanism"speech act compounding, thereby making it possible for two distinct illocutionary forces to be integrated into one single speech act under so-called Represented Speech environments. It is, then, predicted that root sentences as well as an imperative sentence can occur in embedded clauses under the same environment. The prediction was, in fact, borne out.
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