Abstract
This paper analyzes verbs of expressed emotion in Japanese, such as komaru (be in trouble), irairasuru (be irritated), and so on. The verbs of expressed emotion have two idiocyncracies: person restriction on the subjects is observed when the suru-forms are used, but it is cancelled when the te iru-forms are used; the suru-forms of the verbs of expressed emotion can refer to the utterance time. This paper reveals that these two peculiarities result from the following: (1) the phase structure of verbs of expressed emotion is composed of emergence of emotion, expressing emotion, and emotional state; (2) the cancellation of person restriction is due to the fact that the phases described by the teiru-forms of the verbs of expressed emotion are observable; (3) person restriction is due to privacy of emergence of emotion.
