形容詞派生動詞の自他対応について : 多義性の観点から

Abstract

This paper deepens the understanding of the polysemy of 22 adjective-derived verbs and the corresponding transitive and intransitive verbs. The main findings are as follows: First, an examination of the relationship between the prototypical meanings of adjectives and their corresponding adjective-derived verbs revealed that only six out of the eleven adjectives showed verb derivation. This indicates that the starting point of the derivation lies in the adjectives. Furthermore, the factors behind the lack of correspondence between the prototypical meanings of the adjectives and the derived verbs were clarified using the concepts of stage-level property and individual-level property. Next, after investigating the number of extended meanings for each word, adjectives had the most, followed by verbs ending in “-meru” in second place, and verbs ending in “-maru” in third place. From this, it can be said that verbs are generally derived from adjectives, followed by derivation from “-meru” to “-maru.” On the other hand, some adjective-derived verbs, such as “katamaru”, “hiromeru” and “marumeru” possess extended meanings that are not found in the corresponding adjectives. In other words, these words are considered to have expanded their meanings independently, separate from the derivational relationship.departmental bulletin pape