A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Transitivity on the Prototype Theory and Typological Hypothesis

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520426
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: CHUNG SUNG YEO 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 講師 (60362638)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHIBATANI Masayoshi Rice University, 教授
• Research Collaborator: KIM Alan Hyun-Oak Southern Illinois University ; TENNETI Vijay Suryakant English & Foreign Languages University ; HIYAMA Junko Universiti Tun Hussein onn Malaysia ; BOONSERM Sirada Dhurakij Pundit University ; MUN Suk-Yeong Seoul University ; 曾 栄 深圳大学
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 他動性 / プロトタイプ理論 / 類型論 / 実証的研究 / スル型・ナル型 / SVO言語 / SOV言語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, to verify the consistency of the properties of transitivity prototype (universal) theory and typological hypothesis (Do-language and Become-language), I performed an investigation conducted with video images (4 patterns) and illustrated pictures (14 patterns). I chose 8 languages with differing typical characteristics (English, Chinese, Thai, Malaysian,　Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Telugu). The examined target 8 languages were broken into 4 SVO languages and 4 SOV languages. Every year 2-3 languages are examined individually and data from approximately 1,000 native speakers have successfully been collected. The data results of this experiment have been Romanized, translated with annotations, and released in Kaken Result Report (389pages).

Free Research Field

言語学