A Large-Scale-Corpus Based Generative Theoretical Study on Basic Forms and Derivative Forms in Constructions in English

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370548
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: OMURO Takeshi 名古屋大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (70185388)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 英語の構文 / 基本形 / 変種 / 大規模コーパス / 生成文法 / 文法拡張のメカニズム / 構文の成立過程 / 半動名詞構文

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I identified basic forms and derivative forms in Cognate Object Constructions, Gesture-Expression Constructions, One's Way Constructions and 'd rather S Constructions in English. To do that, I used such Large-Scale-Corpora as The Bank of English and The British National Corpus. I made a great effort to explore mechanisms of extension from basic to derivative forms in these constructions,using such most up-to-date theories of grammar as generative syntax, conceptual semantics, dynamic theories of grammar and construction grammar.

Free Research Field

人文学　言語学・英語学