2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Hougenno Asupekuto-Tensu-Mudo Taikei Henkano Sougouteki Kenkyu
| Project/Area Number |
11410110
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
国語学
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
KUDO Mayumi Osaka University Graduate School of Letters Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (30186415)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIDAKA Koichiro Oita University professor, 教育福祉学部, 教授 (30136767)
KUNO Mariko Kagoshima University professor, 文学部, 教授 (90170018)
KIBE Nobuko Kagoshima University professor, 法文学部, 教授 (30192016)
KISHIE Shinsuke Osaka University Graduate School of Letters, 総合科学部, 教授 (90271460)
TOMOSADA Kenji Osaka University Graduate School of Letters, 文学部, 教授 (80101632)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2000
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| Keywords | Aspect / Tense / Mood / Japanese Dialects / Grammaticalization / Polarity / Evidentiality / Existential Verb |
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| Research Abstract |
1. We made a questionnaire sheet with about 1500 questions in it and surveyed 38 places all over Japan. Questions are focused on aspect, lexical meaning of verbs (so called Aktionsart) and also on tense, mood, voice, and polarity.
2. The survey results are published in two forms ; a CD-ROM and a two volume book report (vol.1 (1999) and vol.2 (2000)). The CD-ROM is particularly of use for fast and smooth access to data.
3. Here are the main findings of our survey.
1) Aspect systems in the dialects of Japan are basically divided into two groups, which are ; a) a binary aspect group of the Eastern region, in this group, [progressive] and [result] are merged into one form. b) a ternary aspect group of the Western region, [progressive] and [result] have different forms.
2) Major aspect forms are aru, oru and iru. They are all grammaticalized forms of the verbs of existence.
3) Both the binary and the ternary aspect groups have variations of some kind. We believe this shows some levels of the process of change.
4) Ternary group seems to have some tendency of changing into the binary group.
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