Semantic Analysis of the Spanish Prepositions of the Meaning of "Means"

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K21993
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Takushoku University
• Principal Investigator: NAGANAWA Yuya 拓殖大学, 外国語学部, 助教 (70880508)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: スペイン語 / 前置詞 / 意味論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, among the various meanings of Spanish prepositions, we have focused on the meaning of “means” and analyzed the usage of a, de, en, con and por, which are the prepositions with the meaning. In addition, by observing the relationship between their meanings of means and space, we have clarified the reason why there are many prepositions of means. The results of this study were presented at several conferences and research meetings.

Free Research Field

スペイン語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

前置詞のあるひとつの意味に着目すると、さまざまな前置詞がその意味を有していることが多い．同じ意味であるという理由で、どの前置詞を使えるということはなく、その使い分けに何らかの規則が見いださせる．本研究では、前置詞の後に続く語句に注目し、その規則を明らかにした．さらに分析対象とした前置詞が有する空間的意味にも着目し、この空間的意味の差異が手段のニュアンスの差異をもたらすことを主張した．