2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Postposition Phrases Affecting Aspectual Interpretations in Japanese
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21520479
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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 |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Seitoku University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 文法 |
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| Research Abstract |
A number of authors have studied internal structures of events denoted by verbs in terms of the nature of verbs. I will give well-known kinds of data on goal phrases in Japanese and English ;(1) eki-ni iku(the station-DAT go ;'go to school')(2)* eki-ni aruku(the station-DAT walk ;'walk to school')(3) John went to the station(4) John walked to the station. The difference in acceptability between sentences(2) and(4) has been explained in terms of the one between the nature of aruku and walk. It should, however, be accounted for in terms of the difference between the nature of postposition ni and preposition to.
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