2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A synchronic and diachronic study of English derivational prefixes
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22720189
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGANO Akiko 筑波大学, 人文社会系, 助教 (90407883)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 英語の語形成 / 主要部 / 接頭辞 / 転換 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study has investigated the status of the Right-hand Head Rule (RHR) in English morphology. RHR is a generalization that the head of a morphologically complex word occurs in the rightmost position of that word. Traditionally, English prefixes be-, en-, de-, dis-, out-, and un-have been considered counterexamples to RHR, but this study has shown that their synchronic and diachronic properties argue against such a view ; these prefixes do not head words. The results of this study show that English is a language that strictly adheres to RHR.
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