Lexical Aspect in Japanese and English: Compositionality of Meanings and Scale Theory

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370572
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Seijo University (2015-2017); Ryotokuji University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Isono Tatsuya 成城大学, 社会イノベーション学部, 教授 (10368673)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 語彙意味論 / 語彙的アスペクト / 事象構造 / 進行形 / 西日本方言 / している / しよる / しとる

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objectives of this research were to comprehend the characteristics of lexical aspect in terms of the relations between verbs and co-occurring phrases, especially focusing on scalar structure of English and Japanese expressions.
In this research, (1) we have elaborated semantic representations by introducing scalar structure in the representation, (2) we have identified the changes of lexical aspects at the level of verb phrases and clauses by incorporating scalar structure into representations of nouns, and (3) we have grasped the characteristics of lexical aspects through the study of dialects used in Western Japan and the comparison of the usages of English and Japanese.

Free Research Field

英語学