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How does grammar emerge in the human brain?: An insight from the East Asian comparative cognitive neuroscience of language

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H01881
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Sakai Hiromu  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (50274030)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 馬塚 れい子  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 脳神経科学研究センター, チームリーダー (00392126)
大関 洋平  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 講師(任期付) (10821994)
Verdonschot RG  広島大学, 医系科学研究科(歯), 助教 (30756094)
尾島 司郎  横浜国立大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (40404959)
広瀬 友紀  東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (50322095)
今井 むつみ  慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部(藤沢), 教授 (60255601)
星野 徳子  津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (70609841)
折田 奈甫  東京理科大学, 理工学部教養, 講師 (70781459)
小野 創  津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (90510561)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥45,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥14,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,390,000)
Keywords言語学 / 認知科学 / 脳・神経 / 実験系心理学 / 国際研究者交流
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The question why languages in the world have their own grammar has been addressed among researchers on historical changes in language and biological evolution of human being. The present study approaches this problem from the cognitive neuroscience perspective. This approach aims to answer the question how the mechanisms for real-time language processing comes to be integrated into the functions of human brain. As a result of this study, we revealed the characteristics of phonological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic processing of language through a series of experiment measuring brain activities during language comprehension or production. Furthermore, we conducted a study on building a computational model of language learning and examined its validity in light of experimental data. The result showed that models that incorporate direction of the rules are more effective than previous models without such consideration.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「言語」はすべての人間にとって、社会生活を送るために欠かすことのできない存在である。しかし、人間はなぜ文法を駆使して言語を使用できるのかという疑問は、まだ解明されていない謎として残されている。本研究は、人間の脳を言語を学んで使用できるようになる装置とみなして、学習の過程と処理に関わる脳活動を計測する実験を通して謎の解明に貢献した。このような研究の蓄積によって、言語の学習や教育の方法開発、言語を使ったコミュニケーションが困難な障害者の支援や治療、コンピュータによる人間言語の処理、さらには人間のように自分の思考を言語化できる人工知能の開発などに貢献することができると考えられる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (40 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (15 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 10 results,  Invited: 3 results) Remarks (2 results) Funded Workshop (5 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] New York University/University of Delaware/Yale University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Humboldt University(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] New York University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Delaware(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Autonomous University of Madrid(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Humboldt University(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] New York University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Delaware(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Autonomous University of Madrid(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] デラウェア大学/ニューヨーク大学/カリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ロンドン大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マドリッド自治大学(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] デラウェア大学/ニューヨーク大学/カリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ロンドン大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マドリッド自治大学(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Abstractness of human speech sound representations2019

    • Author(s)
      Hestvik A, Shinohara Y, Durvasula K, Verdonschot R, Sakai H
    • Journal Title

      Brain Research

      Volume: 1732 Pages: 146664-146664

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146664

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Inverting and Modeling Morphological Inflection2019

    • Author(s)
      Oseki, Y, Sudo, Y, Sakai, H, Marantz, A
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Computational Research in Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology

      Volume: 6 Pages: 170-177

    • DOI

      10.18653/v1/w19-4220

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Comprehension of underspecified iterative meaning in Japanese2019

    • Author(s)
      Lai Y-Y, Makuuchi M, Pinango M, Sakai, H
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 119(151) Pages: 101-106

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Interplay of Relational and Non-relational Processes in Sentence Production: The Case of Relative Clause Planning in Japanese and Spanish2018

    • Author(s)
      Rodrigo L., Igoa J. M., & Sakai H.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 9 Pages: 1-16

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01573

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Inflectional directionality in morphological productivity2017

    • Author(s)
      Oseki, Y., Sudo, Y., Sakai, H., & Marantz, A
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 117(149) Pages: 73-78

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Unconscious translation from Japanese kanji to Chinese hanzi by Chinese-Japanese bilinguals: An ERP investigation2016

    • Author(s)
      Wang, Y.
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 116(159) Pages: 71-76

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Neurolinguistic differences between evidentiality and Modality2019

    • Author(s)
      Hara Y, Orita N, Deng, Y, Koshizuka T, Sakai H
    • Organizer
      The Eighth Experimental Pragmatics Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A neurolinguistic investigation into semantic differences of evidentiality and modality2019

    • Author(s)
      Hara Y, Orita N, Deng, Y, Koshizuka T, Sakai H
    • Organizer
      Sinn und Bedeutung 24
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Prediction of orthographic information during listening comprehension2019

    • Author(s)
      Ito A, Sakai H
    • Organizer
      Embodied and Situated Language Processing and The Attentive Listener in the Visual World
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neural correlates of inferential reasoning in evidentiality and modality: An ERP study2019

    • Author(s)
      Sakai, H
    • Organizer
      Exploring Interface #1: Grammatical Theory and Neurolinguistics
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Asymmetric memory encoding for voicing contrasts across languages2018

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Y., Hestvik, A., Durvasula, K., & Sakai, H.
    • Organizer
      The 8th Mismatch Negativity Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Predictive processing of Japanese classifier-noun combinations: An ERP study2018

    • Author(s)
      Sakai, H., Oseki, Y., & Orita, N.
    • Organizer
      he 10th meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 話者の視線が解き明かす言語と思考の関係2018

    • Author(s)
      酒井弘
    • Organizer
      関西言語学会第43回大会招待講演
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cross-linguistic differences in MMN asymmetry: Voicing underspecification in Japanese2017

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Y., Hestvik, A., Durvasula, K., Verdonschot, R., & Sakai, H.
    • Organizer
      The 9th meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 含意と推論の基盤を探る2017

    • Author(s)
      酒井弘
    • Organizer
      日本語用論学会第20回大会20周年記念シンポジウム「語用論研究の広がりー語用論の関連分野からの提言」
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Unconscious translation from Japanese kanji to Chinese hanzi by Chinese-Japanese bilinguals: An ERP investigation2016

    • Author(s)
      Luo, Y.
    • Organizer
      2016 Annual Meeting of Society for Neurobiology of Language
    • Place of Presentation
      London
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Unconscious translation from Japanese kanji to Chinese hanzi by Chinese-Japanese bilinguals: An ERP investigation2016

    • Author(s)
      Wang, Y.
    • Organizer
      Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Locus of Language Selection in Bilingual Word Production: When is Early Selection Possible?2016

    • Author(s)
      Hoshino, N.
    • Organizer
      International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Granada
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report 2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] BLIT(酒井研究室)

    • URL

      http://www.blit.sci.waseda.ac.jp

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] BLIT 酒井弘研究室

    • URL

      http://www.blit.sci.waseda.ac.jp

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language 20192019

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] MAPLL-TCP-TL-Talk20182018

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] MAPLL-TCP20172017

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language 20162016

    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学西早稲田キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language 20162016

    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学西早稲田キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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