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OUCCL(Osaka University Papers in Comparative Contrastive Linguistics). 2025, 2, p. 129-143

I was raised that life begins at sixty!

Tokunaga, Kazuhiro

Department of Comparative and Contrastive Linguistics, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University

英語

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2025-03

The English language has copious idiosyncratic expressions that often challenge conventional linguistic analysis. This study investigates the unique construction BE raised that . . . (BRTC), exploring its meaning and linguistic characteristics in comparison to similar expressions. Using a combination of informant-based and corpus-driven methods, this study reveals four key findings: (i) BRTC and BE brought up that . . . convey equivalent meanings, while other similar constructions differ due to difference in co-occurring elements; (ii) BRTC is interpreted through analogical mapping and the recovery of omitted sequences (e.g., to believe and to think); (iii) the main clause in BRTC functions as an evidential marker, reflecting the speaker’s personal belief; and (iv) the complementizer that in BRTC remains intact to facilitate the recoverability of associated elements, akin to mechanisms observed in quotative predicate omission in Japanese. These insights shed light on the creative language use, particularly in nonstandard and often-overlooked linguistic constructions.

10.18910/103065

103065

I was raised that life begins at sixty!

Tokunaga, Kazuhiro

Department of Comparative and Contrastive Linguistics, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University

英語

2025-03

OUCCL(Osaka University Papers in Comparative Contrastive Linguistics)

2

129

143

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/103065

10.18910/103065

https://doi.org/10.18910/103065