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A Theoretical Study of Voice and Aspect in Kesen

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25770156
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionMorioka College

Principal Investigator

Niinuma Fumikazu  盛岡大学, 文学部, 准教授 (40369814)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywordsケセン語 / 統語論 / 形態論 / サル表現 / 反使役 / 脱使役 / 自発表現 / 可能表現 / ヴォイス / アスペクト / 自発 / 可能
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research clarified the semantic and syntactic functions of the morpheme sar(u) in so-called sar(u)-expressions in Kesen. Semantically, this morpheme bears three meanings: spontaneous, (external) ability, and resultant state. Its core meaning is spontaneous, and the others can be derived from the spontaneous meanings. Syntactically, the morpheme takes any kind of VPs in its complement position, and it takes an implicit external argument in its Spec position, which functions as a causer or an experiencer, depending on the context. This research also made it clear that the morpheme ar in so-called ar-intransitives in Kesen is also an Middle Voice head, and that the relationship between sar(u) and ar corresponds to lexical vs. syntactic causatives in Standard Japanese.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 5 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] The syntax of Middle Voice in Kesen2017

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu and Hideya Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of WAFL 12

      Volume: to appear

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Ar as a Middle Voice Head: Evidence from Kesen2016

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of WAFL 11

      Volume: to appear

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Hagit Borer (2013) Taking Form (Structuring Sense: Volume III)2015

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu
    • Journal Title

      English Linguistics

      Volume: 32-2 Pages: 385-396

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Review: Structuring Sense III: Taking Form2015

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu
    • Journal Title

      English Linguistics 32

      Volume: 2

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Anticausatives and Ar-intransitives in Kesen2014

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 148th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan

      Volume: 1 Pages: 2000-205

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] External Cause and the Structure of VP in Japanese Dialects and Korean2013

    • Author(s)
      Fumikazu Niinuma and Hideya Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 15th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: 1 Pages: 297-316

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The syntax of Middle Voice in Kesen2016

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu and Hideya Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 12
    • Place of Presentation
      Central Connecticut State University
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ar as a Middle Voice Head: Evidence from Kesen2015

    • Author(s)
      Fumikazu Niinuma
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 11
    • Place of Presentation
      University of York
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report 2014 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本語における接尾辞ar の文法化とHAVE/BE 交替について2014

    • Author(s)
      高橋英也・新沼史和
    • Organizer
      日本語文法学会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-22 – 2014-11-23
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 可能を表すar動詞における接尾辞arの形態統語的 役割について2014

    • Author(s)
      高橋英也・新沼史和
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      学習院大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-08 – 2014-11-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Anticausativization and Ar-intransitives in Kesen2014

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu
    • Organizer
      Intransitivizing Morphology in Japanese Dialects
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ケセン語のサル表現とar自動詞について2014

    • Author(s)
      新沼 史和
    • Organizer
      自動詞化の通言語的研究
    • Place of Presentation
      札幌学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-27 – 2014-09-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ar-intransitives as a complex verb in Japanese2014

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu and Hideya Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Formal Analysis of Japanese Linguistics 7
    • Place of Presentation
      国立国語研究所
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-27 – 2014-06-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Anticausatives and Ar-intransitives in Kesen2014

    • Author(s)
      Niinuma Fumikazu
    • Organizer
      第148回日本言語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      法政大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-08 – 2014-06-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report 2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] External Cause and the Structure of vP: A Case from Sar(u) Expressions in Iwate Dialects2013

    • Author(s)
      Fumikazu Niinuma and Hideya Takahashi
    • Organizer
      第146回日本言語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      茨城大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] External Cause and the Structure of VP in Japanese Dialects and Korean2013

    • Author(s)
      Fumikazu Niinuma and Hideya Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar
    • Place of Presentation
      Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Morphosyntax of Intransitivization and the Configurationality of vP in Japanese Dialects2013

    • Author(s)
      Fumikazu Niinuma and Hideya Takahashi
    • Organizer
      workshop on little v
    • Place of Presentation
      Leiden University
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Syntax of Spontaneous Sentences in Japanese Dialects and its Implications for the Structure of vP2013

    • Author(s)
      Fumikazu Niinuma and Hideya Takahashi
    • Organizer
      第147回日本言語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸市外国語大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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