2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Mechanism of Naming in Japanese andEnglish : Differences in Constraints on Possille Words
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16520239
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
YUMOTO Yoko Osaka University, Graduate Schcolof Language and Culture, Professor (90183988)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2007
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| Keywords | Word Formation / Lexical Conceptual Structure / modular morphology / Conceptual Semantics / Oualia Structure / compounding / affixation |
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| Research Abstract |
This study has made clear the mechanisms which determine the syntactic feature and the semantic structure of the derived words, in particular, the verbs, adjectives and adjectival nominals that are formed through compounding as well as affixation and conversion in English and Japanese and demonstrated the differences between the two languages as well as those among the syntactic categories.
First, as to the verb formation based on a verb, English makes use of a variety of affixation while Japanese is productive in V-V compounding, and besides the morphological differences, there are differences due to the components where they are formed; English affixation occurs exclusively in the lexicon while Japanese V-V compounding can occur both in the lexicon and the syntax. I proposed the theory that explains these differences under the hypothesis of modularity in word formation, whirh was put forth inYumoto (2005).
Secondly, I took up the conversion between a noun and a verb in English, and pro
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posed an analysis by means of the Qualia Structure a In Pustejovsky (1995). I assumed that theb Qualia Structure of a base noun should provide the information that would inspire the Lexical Conceptual Structure (LCS) to derive a verb, which would explain the differences in productivity; that is, the nouns that are the names of an instrument have the telic role represented in terms of the LCS so that they derive the verbs most productively without any morphological marker. This analysis was published inYumoto (2007) ((8) in the list).
Thirdly, I investigated into the Japanese compound adjectives and adjectival nominals that include the subject of the base. This combination is not accepted in English as is generalized as the First Order Projection Principle by Selkirk (1982). Furthermore, it remained unsolved why the incorporation of the subject into a word can result in a compound that retains the function as a predicator. I proposed the analyses that would explain this problem as well as the differences between English and Jananese one of which was presented in Yumoto (2007) ((9) in the list).
To summarize, this study has shown a variety of word formations that are regulated by different modules of grammar which strongly supports the modularity of word formation. English and Japanese make use of different mechanisms of naming new things, events and property, and the principles of the module that regulate each mechanism would properly explain the syntactic feature of a derived word as well as the range of possible words in each language. Less
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Research Products
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[Presentation] 語彙意味論から見る語形成2007
Author(s)
由本陽子
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上智大学 言語学会第22回大会 ワークショップ
Place of Presentation
上智大学
Year and Date
2007-07-21
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 動詞の語形成と概念構造2005
Author(s)
由本陽子
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秋田大学第3回英語学理論言語学セミナー
Place of Presentation
秋田大学
Year and Date
2005-11-04
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 派生動詞の意味と統語2004
Author(s)
由本陽子
Organizer
JACET学習英文法 研究会第14回例会
Place of Presentation
関西学院大学 梅田
Year and Date
2004-12-18
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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