2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developments of the Inchoative Expressions in the History of the German Language
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21520428
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIGETO Minoru 東京大学, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (80126078)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | ドイツ語史 / アスペクト / 言語類型論 |
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| Research Abstract |
On the basis of the usage examples, it became clear that various verbs were involved in the inchoative expressions in the German history. Especially the verbs' werden',' beginnen' and' kommen' were often used as the auxiliary verbs. But there are only few examples of the verb' gehen'. It seems possible to explain these facts in the framework of the linguistic typology. And it also seems possible to describe the historical change of the usage of the verb' werden' as the change of the typological pattern. But the further investigations will be needed to develop a theory of typological changes of languages.
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