2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Acquisition of Possessive Sentences in English and Japanese
Project/Area Number |
25370561
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
English linguistics
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Research Institution | Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University |
Principal Investigator |
MATSUFUJI Shigeko 日本獣医生命科学大学, 応用生命科学部, 教授 (90334557)
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | 第一言語獲得 / 叙述的所有表現 / 所有文 / 英語 / 日本語 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined the developmental course of acquiring possessive sentences in English and Japanese based on naturalistic data and cross-sectional experimental data.We have proposed the following hypotheses concerning the meaning of possession: in the course of English language development, the meaning of the “have” possessive sentence extends from the relation of the possessor's proximity to that of typical possession; in the case of Japanese, the meaning of an aru “be” possessive sentence extends the relation of the whole and a part to that of the possessor and the possessee. The meaning of a motteru “have” possessive sentence expresses first carrying and then possessing, whose meaning is derived from the former meaning. We have argued that the acquisition of concept possession, a one-to-one mapping of form and meaning and dynamic or developmental principles sensitive to the present grammar can underlie the acquisition of possessive sentences in Japanese.
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Free Research Field |
言語心理学 第一言語獲得研究 英語学 言語学
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