2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on Finiteness by Comparing Subjunctive Clauses with Infinitival Clauses
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23520574
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
NOMURA Tadao 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00366957)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KANNO Satoru 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80583476)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 仮定法節 / 不定詞節 / 定形性 / 透明性 / 英語学 / 生成文法 / 通言語的比較 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research, we have discussed subjunctive clauses and infinitive clauses. The main purpose of this study was to show what kind of syntactic mechanisms cause similarities and differences between subjunctive clauses and infinitive clauses.
It has been assumed that the transparency effect is observed both in subjunctive and infinitival clauses, but that subjunctive clauses are finite while infinitive clauses are nonfinite. Thus, the traditional idea that finite clauses are opaque is not appropriate. In conclusion, we have shown in this study how the transparency effect connects with the finiteness of clauses from the current accepted point of view, by observing various kinds of phenomena in subjunctive clauses and infinitive clauses.
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Research Products
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