2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Patterns and Individuality in the Development of Grammatical Categories in Germanic Languages
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23520487
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 独語学 / ゲルマン語 |
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| Research Abstract |
It is based on the difference in the verbal aspect that development of the perfect form has a difference in Germanic languages. That is, since the English verbs tend to have a perfective aspect, 'be' + past participle also expresses a actional passive, in parallel with it 'have' + past participle can function as a indirect passive. As a result, 'have' + past participle did not develop easily as a perfect form. In the German in which the verbs tend to have a imperfective aspect, 'werden' + past participle developed as the usual passive, and 'sein' + past participle remained the statal passive. Therefore, 'haben' + past participle did not develop as the indirect passive, but as the perfect form.
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