2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The development of inanimate subject passive in Modern Day Japanese-On the influence of the development of potential verb
| Project/Area Number |
22720177
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIBA Ayako 東京外国語大学, 外国語学部, 研究員 (80570423)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 受身文 / 非情物主語 / 非情の受身 / 可能動詞 / ラレル / 太陽コーパス / 自発 / 可能 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigates the passive usage of the particle -rare- in Corpus of Meiji and Taisho periods. It is said that there ware few types of inanimate subject passive in Japanese before Edo Era and they spread out after Meiji period. We found out what types of inanimate subject passive there were in Meiji written text.
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