2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of the Structure of Noun Phrases
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25770180
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 定冠詞 / 指示詞 / 属格名詞句 / 文法化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study has investigated the development of the definite article and the loss of postnominal genitives in the history of English. It has been proposed that the definite article started to emerge at the end of the twelfth centry and completed during the foutheenth century, and this development had a influence on the loss of postnominal genitives. This study also attemps to give an account of the distributional changes of adnominal adjectives in the history of English.
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| Free Research Field |
英語学
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