2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A theoretical approach to the universality and variation of language based on the descriptive analysis of toritate in Japanese
| Project/Area Number |
22520400
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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 | Kanagawa University (2012)
Kyushu University (2010-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
KATAOKA Kiyoko 神奈川大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (80462810)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYACHI Asako 名古屋大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (10335086)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 普遍的特質 / 個別特質 / 言語能力 / 構造構築 / 叙述 / 否定 |
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| Research Abstract |
We have proposed, based on the descriptive analysis of the particles of toritate (topicalization) in Japanese, that Japanese has a language-particular property in the structural construction; sentences can be constructed based on the structural relation of Subject-Predicate, which will form Predication, while European languages such as English and Spanish require a structural relation between noun and verb in terms of Case. We have aimed to demonstrate that the surface differences come from interactions of universal properties and language-particular ones.
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