2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Semantic and Pragmatic Study of Possessive Sentences
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22520406
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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 | Meikai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KUMAMOTO Chiaki 佐賀大学, 文化教育学部, 教授 (10153355)
KOYA Itsuki 慶應義塾大学, 法学部, 教授 (80234904)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 所有文 / 存在文 / コピュラ文 / 指示的名詞句 / 変項名詞 |
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| Research Abstract |
Possessive sentences take the form “A (ni) wa B ga aru.” in Japanese and“A has B.” in English. This study proposed to construct a general theorythat makes it possible to describe and explain possessive sentences organically in relation to copular sentences and existential sentences. The theoretical tools employed in this study include original semantic theories of noun phrases and copular and existential sentences. Specifically emphasized are the distinction between referential noun phrases and noun phrases involving a variable and the distinction between saturatednouns and unsaturated nouns.
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Research Products
(14 results)
