The Development and Acquisition of Japanese Benefactive Constructions

A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-69144-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 358 g

Reihe: Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory

If you were to travel to Japan, you would likely hear 'giving' and 'receiving' verbs in conversations quite frequently. In Japanese, giving and receiving verbs are not only used to describe an object being transferred, but also metaphorically, for example to describe giving/receiving a favor or involvement in an event. Giving and receiving verbs in all of these situations are known as benefactive constructions. Role and Reference Grammar analysis allows us to analyze which structures of benefactive constructions correspond to different meanings. This book will explore the historic evolution of Japanese benefactive constructions and how children acquire these constructions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fujinaga-Gordon, Kiyono

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

List of Figures

1 Introduction: Relationship between Language Change and Language Acquisition

1 Scope of Study and Background

2 Linguistic Variations in Language Change and Language Acquisition: A Variationist Sociolinguistic View

3 Hypothesis

2 Descriptive Characteristics of Japanese Benefactive Constructions

1 Benefactives across Languages

2 Overview of Benefactive Constructions in Japanese

3 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis

4 Comparison with Cognitive Construction Grammar Analyses of Japanese Benefactive Constructions

5 Acquisition of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs

3 Historical Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions

1 Crosslinguistic Surveys on the Grammaticalization of Benefactive Constructions

2 Previous Studies on the Diachronic Development of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs

3 Constructionalization and Constructional Change

4 Change in Linkage-Nexus Types: An RRG Approach to the Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions

5 The Study

6 Chapter Summary

4 Child Language Development

1 Methodology

2 Participants

3 Data Overview

4 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis

5 Chapter Summary

5 Conclusions

1 Chapter Summary

2 Relationship between Historical Language Development and Language Acquisition

3 Future Direction of Role and Reference Grammar

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon, Ph.D. (2021), University at Buffalo, is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.