2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of Phrasal Verbs Based on the Usage-Based Model
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22720193
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nagoya Sangyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHIZAKI Yasuak 名古屋産業大学, 環境情報ビジネス学部, 准教授 (30367859)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 句動詞 / 用法基盤モデル / 英語史 / 文法化 / イディオム化 |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to describe the historical developments of phrasal verbs used in the Modern English period and to explain them in terms of a Usage-Based Model approach to grammar, which is standardly assumed in Cognitive Linguistics. First, I classified phrasal verbs into three types according to the semantic relationships between the verbs and particles(or adverbs), Second, the historical developments of these types were examined based on the data retrieved from electric corpora. Finally, this study showed that these developments from a perspective of"frequency effects,"which are proposed in the Usage-Based Model.
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Research Products
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