An integrated study of 'fukugouji'(compound particle) in Japanese

这个研究项目旨在对日语语法中的复合虚词“fukugouji”有更深入的了解。该项目是基于首席研究员和其他人在过去几年中对“fukugouji”的研究结果，并打算在理论和描述上进一步发展它们。研究主要围绕以下两项任务展开：一是回顾过去对“福沟筋”的研究；二是分析具体的“福沟筋”形式的用法。第一项任务，藤田首席研究员做了题为“福沟筋的描述性研究——调查与现状”的报告，并提出了今后需要解决的问题。作为研究人员之一的松木也发表了一系列论文，详细调查了“福祸筋”的研究历史。对于第二个任务，项目成员详细分析了一些“fukugouji”形式。具体的“fukugouji”形式包括：a)复合格后置：“ni tuite”、“ni oite”、“o megutte”、“ni kagitte”、“bu yotete”；b)复合连词后置：“to site”、“karaniwa”、“bakari ka”、“kuse ni”、“ni turete”、“ni sitagatte”、“ue de”、“kotomo atte”、“kotodasi”；c)复合助词：“dokoro dewa nai”。这些分析的结果作为研究论文的一种形式发表。除了这两项任务之外，调查人员还研究了与“fukugouji”相关的日语语法问题，并将结果作为研究论文发表。我们认为，这个研究项目在很大程度上成功地提高了我们对“福沟筋”的理解。

This research project aimed at a more advanced understanding of 'fukugouji'---compound function words---in Japanese grammar. The project was based upon the results of the researches on 'fukugouji' by the head investigator and others over the last few years, and intended to develop them further theoretically as well as descriptively. The researches conducted centered around the following two tasks :1)to survey the studies on 'fukugouji' in the past2)to analyze the usage of specific 'fukugouji' formsWith regard to the first task, Fujita, the head investigator, made a presentation entitled "Descriptive studies on 'fukugouji'--a survey and the present state of art", in which he revealed questions to be addressed in the future. Matsuki, one of the investigators, also published a series of papers in which she surveyed the history of the studies on 'fukugouji' in detail.As for the second task, a number of 'fukugouji' forms were analyzed in detail by the members of the project. The specific 'fukugouji' forms dealt with include :a)compound case postpositions : 'ni tuite', 'ni oite', 'o megutte', 'ni kagitte', 'bu yotete'b)compound conjunctive postpositions : 'to site', 'karaniwa', 'bakari ka', 'kuse ni', 'ni turete', 'ni sitagatte', 'ue de', 'kotomo atte', 'kotodasi'c)compound auxiliaries : 'dokoro dewa nai'The results of these analyses were published as a form of research papers.In addition to these two tasks, the investigators studied various issues of Japanese grammar related to 'fukugouji', and published the results as research papers.We believe that this research project succeeded in enhancing our understanding of 'fukugouji' to a considerable degree.