Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part. II, Arts and science education Issue 58
2009-12-25 発行

述語によって要求されるノコト名詞句の意味範囲 : 述語の要求する補文との比較を通して

Semantic Coverage of the "~NO KOTO" Noun Phrases Required by Predicates : Through a comparison with complements clauses required by predicates
Kim, Youngju
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In Japanese a set of predicates require insertion of "~NO KOTO" to the nouns that appear in their complement position. In this paper, we examined the semantic contents of such obligatory "~NO KOTO" noun phrases through a comparison with the complement clauses that show the same distribution pattern, that is, "~KOTO" clauses, "~KA/~KADOUKA" clauses, and "~YOONI" clauses. Comparisons with these corresponding complement clauses revealed that the semantic coverage of "~NO KOTO" NPs includes not only a set of event/situation related to the preceding noun but also a variety of modality such as "establishment/non-establishment of facts" or "determination/non-determination of truth value".
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'~NO KOTO' NPs
complement clause
modality
ノコト名詞句
補文
モダリティ
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