2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Study of Tag-Questions in the History of English from the viewpoints of Grammaticalization and Subjectification
Project/Area Number |
24520543
|
Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
|
Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
English linguistics
|
Research Institution | Hiroshima Shudo University (2013-2014) Tottori University (2012) |
Principal Investigator |
|
Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
|
Keywords | 英語史 / 文法化 / 付加疑問文 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I examined how tag questions have developed through the course of the history of English and when tag questions in the present-day English became common. I also investigated what kind of expressions were used before tag questions were established. I concluded that tag questions came into use from the early Modern English period, and it became clear that the tag questions seen today were commonly used from the latter half of the 18th century.
|
Free Research Field |
英語学
|