THE MECHANISM OF THE CHANGE IN ARGUMENT STRUCTURE FORMATION IN ENGLISH : THE DEMISE OF IMPERSONAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SYNTACTIC PASSIVES

• Project/Area Number: 21520516
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: OSAWA Fuyo 法政大学, 文学部, 教授 (10194127)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 非人称構文 / 受動態構文 / 項構造 / 機能範疇 / 語彙・意味志向型

Research Abstract

This research has aimed to give an explanation to two syntactic changes which took place in the history of English. The two salient changes are(1) the demise of impersonal constructions and(2) the emergence of syntactic passives and subsequent emergence of new passive constructions like indirect passives and prepositional passives. These changes are due to the change which took place in argument structure formation in English. That is, the English language shifted from a lexical-thematic to structure-dependent language. This means that the clause structure is formed mainly on structural reasons like the subject requirement rather than meaning of the predicate.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Interpretable Case in the History of English (2011)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: ことばの事実をみつめて Pages: 181-190
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interpretable Case in the History of English (2011)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: ことばの事実をみつめて(開拓社発行の単行本) Pages: 181-190
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transitivisation in the History of English (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: Aspects of the History of English Language and Literature Pages: 331-341
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Syntactic Passive : Its Rise and Growth in the history of English (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: Language Change and Variation from Old English to Late Modern English Pages: 117-138
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Genitives in Early English : Typology and Evidence (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: Studies in English Literature(日本英文学会機関誌) Volume: 51巻 Pages: 146-155
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Syntactic Passive : Its Rise and Growth in the history of English (2010)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: Language Change and Variation from Old English to Late Modem English (Peter Lang 社発行の単行本) Pages: 117-138
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transitivisation in the History of English (2010)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: Aspects of the History of English Language and Literature (Peter Lang社発行の単行本) Pages: 331-341
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Genitives in Early English : Typology and Evidence (Review Article) (2010)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: Studies in English Literature(日本英文学会機関誌) 51 Pages: 146-155
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Emergence of Functional Categories in the History of English : Ontogeny and Phylogeny in Language (2009)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: English Linguistics(日本英語学会機関誌) Volume: 26巻2号 Pages: 411-436
  • NAID: 130004590691
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Introduction : The Emergence of Functional Categories From a Cross-linguistic Perspective (2009)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: English Linguistics(日本英語学会機関誌) Volume: 26巻2号 Pages: 405-410
  • NAID: 130004590690
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Emergence of DP in the History of English : The Role of the Mysterious Genitive (2009)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Journal Title: Historical Linguistics 2007 Pages: 135-148
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Emergence of DP in the History of English : The Role of the Mysterious Genitive (2009)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: Historical Linguistics 2007 John Benjamins社発行の単行本 該当しない
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Introduction : The Emergence of Functional Categories From a Cross-linguistic Perspective (2009)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: English Linguistics(日本英語学会機関誌) 26.2 Pages: 405-410
  • NAID: 130004590690
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Emergence of Functional Categories in the History of English : Ontogeny and Phylogenv in Language (2009)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Journal Title: English Linguistics(日本英語学会機関誌) 26.2 Pages: 411-436
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Why has an article system emerged?: the shift from parataxis to hierarchy (2011)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 7th International Conference on Middle English
  • Place of Presentation: Lviv University(Ukraine)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-03
• [Presentation] Why has an article system emerged? : the shift from parataxis to hierarchy (2011)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: 7^<th> International Conference on Middle English
  • Place of Presentation: Lviv University (Ukraine)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-03
• [Presentation] Unaccusativity revisited : Unaccusativity in the history of English (2011)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 国立民族学博物館(大阪)
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-25
• [Presentation] Unaccusativity revisited : Unaccusativity in the history of English (2011)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: 20^<th> International Conference on Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 国立民族学博物館(大阪)
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-25
• [Presentation] 英語名詞句の発達ー属格をめぐって (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 津田塾大学言語文化研究所台48回研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 津田塾大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-23
• [Presentation] 英語名詞句の発達一属格をめぐって (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 津田塾大学言語文化研究所第48回研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 津田塾大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-23
• [Presentation] 英語名詞句の発達(シンポジウム「文献学と言語理論の接点を求めて」において) (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 日本英語学会第28回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-14
• [Presentation] 英語名詞句の発達 (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 日本英語学会第28回大会シンポジウム「文献学と言語理論の接点を求めて」
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-14
• [Presentation] The Loss of Lexical Case in the History of English : What is behind "Transitivation" (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: ペーチ大学(ハンガリー)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-23
• [Presentation] The Loss of Lexical Case in the History of English : What is behind "Transitivation"? (2010)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: ペーチ大学(ハンガリー)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-23
• [Presentation] Tense and Aspect : Parallelism between Ontogeny and Phylogeny (2010)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: Workshop on Tense and Aspect in Generative Grammar : Typology and Acquisition
  • Place of Presentation: ノバ・デ・リスボン大学(ポルトガル)
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-01
• [Presentation] Grammaticalization as Syntacticization (2009)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research(CTGR2009)
  • Place of Presentation: オランダ、グローニンゲン大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-08
• [Presentation] Grammaticalization as Syntacticization (2009)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: Current Trends in Grammaticalization Research (CTGR2009)
  • Place of Presentation: オランダ、グローニンゲン大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-08
• [Presentation] What Caused Transitivisation in the History of English? (2009)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: The 3rd International Conference of the Society of Historical English Language and Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: 広島大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-30
• [Presentation] The demise of impersonal passives and the rise of 'transitive' passive constructions in English (2009)
  • Author(s): 大澤ふよう
  • Organizer: Studies in the History of the English Language 6
  • Place of Presentation: カナダ,バンフ
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-30
• [Presentation] The demise of impersonal passives and the rise of 'transitive' passive constructions in English (2009)
  • Author(s): Fuyo Osawa
  • Organizer: Studies in the History of the English Language 6
  • Place of Presentation: カナダ,バンフThe Banff Centre
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-30