Research on Mongolian particles from the perspective of their independency as a word

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370465
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo (2016-2017); Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: UMETANI Hiroyuki 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 講師 (60515815)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: モンゴル語 / 形態論 / 付属語 / 小辞 / クリティック / 品詞 / 記述言語学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project dealt with Mongolian “particles,” which exhibit intermediate characteristics between independent words and affixes, in terms of their independency as a word. We picked up some particles (and affixes that show different features from typical ones) and described their degree of autonomy from such viewpoints as vowel harmony and accent, clarifying that their degree of autonomy varies from one to another. We also addressed topics such as the position of particles in the Mongolian parts-of-speech system and the cross-linguistic characteristics they possess.

Free Research Field

モンゴル語の文法記述