A cognitive-functional study of complex constructions: the layered structure and interface

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370440
• 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
• Principal Investigator: Ohori Toshio 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (20176994)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 認知言語学 / 機能言語学 / 言語類型論 / 複文構文 / 文法化 / 意味論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the year 2017, the research focused on mainly two issues. First, previous research results were cast into a general theoretical framework and attempts were made to draw general implications out of it. Special attention was paid to the grammaticalization of complex constructions. In August, the International Conference on Role and Reference Grammar was held in conjunction with the present research project. Second, the foundations of cognitive-functional linguistics was examined with a view to future research. The implications of the idea of mental corpus were examined in order to shed new light on the nature of grammatical knowledge under the cognitive perspective.

Free Research Field

認知言語学（意味論、機能的類型論、談話分析）