A Comparative Study of Tenses in Japanese, English and Other West-European Languages
Project/Area Number |
19520414
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
English linguistics
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Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
Principal Investigator |
WADA Naoaki University of Tsukuba, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 准教授 (40282264)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
WATANABE Junya 筑波大学, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 准教授 (20349210)
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Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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Keywords | 時制 / 比較研究 / 証拠性 / モダリティ |
Research Abstract |
This study pointed out and investigated differences and similarities in tense phenomena between Japanese and some major West-European languages including English. In particular, (1) by taking constructively factors related with tense such as auxiliaries, aspect, modality and evidentiality as well as the speaker's subjectivity, we developed a tense theory which provides a basis for a unified account of tense phenomena of these languages, and (2) we showed how tense phenomena of these languages behave differently and similarly in several linguistic environments affected strongly by subjective factors.
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