The Structures of Small Clauses and Secondary Predicates: An Analysis based on Phase Theory

• Project/Area Number: 21720173
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Nagoya Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: YOKOGOSHI Azusa 名古屋工業大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (80508391)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 小節 / 二次叙述 / 描写述語

Research Abstract

This study examined both syntactic and semantic properties of small clauses and secondary predicates in present-day English. By investigating some historical data, we proposed that their structures underwent a syntactic change. Furthermore, the analysis proposed for the structures of small clauses and secondary predicates shed light on the issue “what constitutes a phase.”

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Some Conditions on Argument and Predicate Ellipsis (2012)
  • Author(s): Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Journal Title: New Directions Volume: 30 Pages: 9-18
  • NAID: 40020180981
• [Journal Article] Some Issues on the Head of Small Clauses (2011)
  • Author(s): Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Journal Title: New Directions Volume: 29 Pages: 115-126
• [Journal Article] The Rise of a Functional Category in Small Clauses (2010)
  • Author(s): Tomoyuki Tanaka, Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Journal Title: Studia Linguistica Volume: 64 Pages: 239-270
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Some Notes on Depictive Constructions (2010)
  • Author(s): Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Journal Title: Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to the Study of Language : A Collection of Papers Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Masachiyo Amano Pages: 439-452
• [Journal Article] 英語の描写述語について (2010)
  • Author(s): 横越梓
  • Journal Title: New Directions 28 Pages: 93-98
  • NAID: 40017272930
• [Journal Article] Some Notes on Verb-Particle Combinations, Ivy Never Sere (2009)
  • Author(s): Yokogoshi, Azusa
  • Journal Title: The Fiftieth Anniversary Publication of The Society of English Literature and Linguistics, Nagoya University Pages: 541-553
• [Journal Article] The Rise of a Functional Category in Small Clauses
  • Author(s): Tanaka, Tomoyuki and Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Journal Title: Studia Linguistica Volume: Vol.64, No.3 Pages: 239-270
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] On Depictive Predicates in English
  • Author(s): Yokogoshi, Azusa
  • Journal Title: New Directions Volume: Vol.28 Pages: 93-98
  • NAID: 40017272930
• [Journal Article] Some Issues on the Head of Small Clauses
  • Author(s): Yokogoshi, Azusa
  • Volume: Vol.29
  • Pages: 115-126
• [Book] Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to the Study of Language : A Collection of Papers Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Masachiyo Amano (2010)
  • Author(s): edited by Hirozo Nakano, Masayuki Ohkado, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Tomohiro Yanagi, Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Total Pages: 468
  • Publisher: EICHOSHA PHOENIX
• [Book] Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL6) (2010)
  • Author(s): edited by Hiroki Maezawa, Azusa Yokogoshi
  • Total Pages: 386
  • Publisher: MIT Working Papers in Linguistics