Theorization of the functions of Ainu restrictive postpositions in formal semantics and feedback of the result into the field research

本出版物是2001-2002财政年度“形式语义学中阿伊努人限制性职位功能的理论化及其结果在实地研究中的反馈”研究项目（项目主任：札幌学院大学Osami Okuda），日本文部科学、体育、文化和技术科学研究资助项目(C)的最终报告。本研究的目的是理论化阿伊努人限制性后置的功能或意义，从形式语义学的角度指出目前田野数据的缺陷，并以新的视角进行田野调查。作为该项目的成果，从野外数据中剔除了120个阿伊努关键句子，并对这些句子在量化环境中的分布进行了检验。此外，还将阿伊努语句子与具有类似量化表达的日文译文进行了对比。最后，该项目得出了一个结论，大致解释了阿伊努人限制性postpositions的分布和行为。

This publication is the final report of research project on the fiscal year 2001-2002 "Theorization of the functions of Ainu restrictive postpositions in formal semantics and feedback of the result into the field research" (Project Director : Osami Okuda of Sapporo Gakuin University), Scientific Research (C) of Japan Ministry of Education, Science, Sport, Culture and Technology Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.The aims of this project are to theorize the function or meaning of the Ainu restrictive postpositions, to specify the defect of the present field data from the viewpoint of the formal semantics and to conduct the fieldwork with the new light.As the fruit of this project, 120 Ainu key sentences have been eliminated from the field data and the distribution of the sentences among quantificational environments have been examined. Furthermore, the Ainu sentences have been contrasted with their Japanese translations that have similar expressions of quantification.Finally, the project reached a conclusion that generally explains the distribution and behavior of the Ainu restrictive postpositions.