2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An Empirical Study on English Nominalization Based on a Large Corpus
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17520332
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kinjo Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MORITA Junya Kinjo Gakuin University, Department of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (20200420)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Keywords | linguistics / derivational morphology / mental lexicon / Nominalization / Corpus / antilexicalism / Distributional Morphology / Lexical Competition |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research is to show empirically the conditions on nominalization made in syntax by using a large corpus. Two main studies in this research project will be outlined below.
(1)"The Pursuit of the Elegant Lexicon : A Case Study of-ityl-ness Forms" The aim of this article is to show that the economical lexicon is obtained by reducing the number of items listed in the lexicon and deriving unregistered items through word formation rules and conditions. Specifically, we show, by observing-ityl-ness forms extracted from a large-scale corpus, that-ity is selected for certain base forms, which blocks the use of its rival suffix, and that creative devices of word formation produce certain types of-ity forms to fill up vacancies of the lexicon.
(2)"Where Does Nominalization Take Place?-An Antilexicalim Model" The purpose of this article is to propose an analysis of event nominals from a viewpoint of antilexicalism and confirm it by inspecting a large-scale corpus. After illustrating problems for lexicalism on nominalization, we discuss how a model of antilexicalism solves these problems. Finally, lexical insertion based on the antilexicalism model is explored.
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Research Products
(8 results)
