2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A SynGhronic and DiaGhronic Study of Directional Adverbials in Englis
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20720134
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nagoya Sangyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHIZAKI Yasuak Nagoya Sangyo University, 環境情報ビジネス学部, 准教授 (30367859)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 方向を表す副詞的表現 / 用法基盤モデル / 文法化 / 語彙化 |
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| Research Abstract |
One of the main findings of this research is that, on the basis of examples collected from various historical linguistic corpora, there are some distinctive kinds of historical development in the directional adverbs in English, such as grammaticalization and retraction, and they can be explained interms of the Usage-Based Model approaches to grammar. One of the major consequences of this analysis is that the Usage-Based Model can be used to explain wide varieties of language change, as well as grammaticalization phenomena.
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Research Products
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