2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Compositional meaning of negative polarity items
| Project/Area Number |
23720245
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Ochanomizu University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKANISHI Kimiko お茶の水女子大学, 大学院人間文化創成科学研究科, 准教授 (30598751)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 意味論 / 否定極性表現 / 普遍性 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research program advanced the understanding of "how the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meaning of its parts" by examining the semantics of negative polarity items (NPIs such as 'anyone') and additive particles (such as 'even/also') in English, Japanese, and German. Specifically, the program compared decomposable NPIs (such as Japanese 'dare-mo') with NPIs that have no apparent parts (such as English 'anyone'). By comparing three languages above, the program
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