2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Descriptive Study on the Development of Tense, Aspect, and Modality Forms for Last 500 Years
| Project/Area Number |
20720124
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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 | Jissen Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
HUKUSHIMA Takenobu Jissen Women's University, 文学部, 講師 (20372930)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | テンス / アスペクト / モダリティ / 文法化(grammaticalization) |
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| Research Abstract |
My main topics of this research are the following : (1) research on the tense-aspect-modality system of Late Medieval Japanese, and (2) research on the development of tense-aspect-modality system in Japanese.
The Late Medieval period can be said to be a very important period for the history of Japanese tense-aspect-modality system, because it is the turning point from Old Japanese to Modern Japanese. In spite of its importance, however, Late Medieval Japanese tense-aspect-modality system had not been researched very much, and for this reason, it had been impossible to examine the development of Japanese tense-aspect-modality system.
Therefore, firstly, I researched Late Medieval Japanese system, and made it possible to compare the tense-aspect-modality system in Late Medieval Japanese and that in Modern Japanese. Secondly, I described the development of tense-aspect-modality system in Japanese.
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