Toward the Refinement of Semantic Studies of Compound Nouns and Compound Adjectives

为了进一步完善日语和英语中复合名词和复合形容词的语义研究，本文做了以下工作。(1)本文指出了复合名词中语义成分的弱化现象，并以生成词典的“感受质结构”为基础，提出了一种解释复合名词的方法。(2)本文从“复合词特有次义”的概念出发，对“Roushi-ichiryuu”和“kabukiyakusha-yoroshiku”这两种表达方式进行了研究。（3）对“后袋“中的”后袋“一词，讨论了它在当代日语中的用法和意义，并阐述了自世纪以来，”后袋“在日语中的用法和意义的变化。文章还指出，后带可以看作是日语复合词中“语法化”的一个例子。

In order to refine semantic studies of compound nouns and compound adjectives in Japanese and English, the following have been done. (1) Weakening of semantic elements in compound nouns is shown and a way of the interpretation of such compounds is suggested on the basis of "qualia structure" of Generative Lexicon. (2) Expressions like Roushi-ichiryuu and kabukiyakusha-yoroshiku are investigated in terms of the notion "compound-specific submeaning." (3) As to the expression houdai in tabe-houdai, its use and meaning in contemporary Japanese are discussed and changes of its use and meanings in Japanese since the 15th century are explicated. It is also pointed out that houdai can be regarded as an example of "grammaticalization" involved in Japanese compounds.