A comparative study of compound verbs in Hindi and Japanese using a large web corpus

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02517
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIOKA Miki 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科, 准教授 (30452478)
• Research Collaborator: AKASEGAWA Shiro ; OHAMA Chiko ; Sharma Gunjan ; Ashwani Kumar Srivastava ; Hem Chandra Pande ; Lahaussois Aimée ; Désoulières Alain
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 複合動詞 / ヒンディー語 / コーパス / 日本語 / completeness / benefactive / 補助動詞

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research project is to verify, by using a large web corpus, Jagannaathan's established claim that secondary verbs (V2s) in compound verbs (CV: V1+V2) very rarely co-occur with negative markers in Hindi. The most important results of the research project are as follows:
V2s such as Hindi verbs jaanaa GO, denaa GIVE, and lenaa TAKE, together with negative markers, tend as a whole to behave quite similarly to Japanese verb shimau PUT AWAY - one of most frequent Japanese auxiliary verbs, which renders an aspect of ’completeness’. The examples from the corpus indicate that the possible environments for co-occurrence with the negative markers are essentially limited to clauses that carry some additional semantic element, such as an imperative (periphrastic expression), subjunctive, conditional, etc. Co-occurrence with the indicative is rare.

Free Research Field

言語学、ヒンディー語学、コーパス言語学