2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Descriptive Study of Semantic Coercion in Japanese Adverbial Modification
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20720118
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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 |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Fukushima University |
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Principal Investigator |
IMOTO Ryo Fukushima University, 経済経営学類, 准教授 (20361280)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 副詞的修飾 / 情態修飾 / 強制 / 結果構文 / 「Vすぎる」 / 概念意味論 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research was to explore linguistic phenomena of semantic coercions involved with adverbial modifying relations, and to clarify the mechanism of semantic computation in VP. In this research, two specific constructions were concentrated on : Japanese VV-compound "V-sugiru" (over-V) and Japanese resultative constructions. As a result, I exemplified the facts that adverbial modifying relations introduce a mechanism of semantic coercion for preventing the sentences from being ungrammatical. When there is a semantic incompatibility between a modifier and the modified constituents, a new compatible interpretation is installed without any morphological supplements. What causes this interpretation is a semantic incompatibility in the modifying relation, not the syntax. This research has proven the importance of arguing the semantic computational mechanism of adverbial relations that previous literatures have regarded as arbitrary or trivial elements in sentences. The conclusion of this study implies that our perspective of study of adverbs should be shifted from a static classification to a dynamic system of interpretation.
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