2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Grammar and the evolution of language: A cognitive linguistic perspective
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23520579
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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 | Kanazawa University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 認知モード / Iモード / Ｄモード / 文法進化 / 言語進化 |
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| Research Abstract |
We have proposed two modes of cognition (I-mode and D-mode) and have shown that the cognitive transition from I-mode to D-mode is critical to the evolution of language. The meta-cognitive function of D-mode makes a conceptual base for the emergence of syntactic recursion which is identified as the only uniquely human component of the faculty of language, whereas displacement itself is a decisive factor for the grammaticalization of categories at layer V of the 6-layer scenario of language evolution.
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