2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The English Complementation Patterns in the Early Modern English
Project/Area Number |
26580089
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
English linguistics
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Research Institution | Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences |
Principal Investigator |
Fujiuchi Kyoko 九州情報大学, 経営情報学部, 准教授 (40270128)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 定量言語学 / 不定詞補部 / 動名詞補部 / 大補文推移 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Studies of English complementation revealed that, while there is a degree of flexibility in the use of gerunds and infinitives in Modern English, a steady and general increase in the use of the gerund can be observed. This is one of several developments in complement patterns that have come to be known as Great Complement Shift, a term first used in print by Rhodenburg (2006). However, there are not many detailed observations reported on the systematic evolution of complementation in the history of English. This study observed the detailed changes in the patterns of the complementation in the Early Modern English; examining 77 verbs classified into four categories depending on the current usage, and observed their interesting behaviors that can bring about the differences of usage in Present-Day English.
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Free Research Field |
英語学
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