The correlation between the resultative construction and the manner-of-motion construction with special reference to Japanese learners of English

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520532
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Tokyo Gakugei University
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Takeru 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00187741)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 結果構文 / 移動様態 / パーティクル / 前置詞句 / 移動動詞 / 述語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is well-known that the strong resultative construction and the manner-of-motion construction with a particle are strongly correlated. For example, Germanic languages like English have both constructions while Romance languages like French as well as Japanese lack them both. The present research has investigated whether the same correlation is observed in the process of learning English by Japanese learners and has shown that there is some correlation to some limited extent. The study also has conducted related background researches and presented them in international conferences.

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