Interview-based microcomparative and typological research on syntactic variations in Circum-Baltic languages

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26580072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: SAKUMA JUN'ICHI 名古屋大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (60260585)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TOHNO TAKAYUKI 大阪大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (50587855)
• Research Collaborator: SAKURAI EIKO 東京外国語大学, 非常勤講師
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 言語類型論 / 統語論 / 非人称構文 / 聞き取り調査 / フィンランド語 / アイスランド語 / スウェーデン語 / リトアニア語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of the series of interview- and questionnaire-based microcomparative and typological studies on Finnish non-finite clauses, Icelandic impersonal constructions, Swedish predicative adjective sentence and Lithuanian impersonal sentences, the following have become clear: Syntactic variations observed in these studies are not the same as those reported in previous studies; Several unknown factors causing syntactic variations have been detected through the analyses from a microcomparative perspective; Both the validity of microcomparative perspective and the usefulness of interview-based research method are supported by these studies.

Free Research Field

言語学