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Toward a unified account of root phenomena: with focus on topicalization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02488
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionKobe City University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

NASU Norio  神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (00347519)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords主節現象 / 話題化 / 節構造 / カートグラフィー / 対人モダリティ / 演算子移動 / 認識的モダリティ / 題目 / 対照主題 / 場面設定主題 / 介在効果 / 従属節
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The result of this study is as follows: (1) Bare topics exhibit the greatest degree of root-orientation, whereas contrastive topics exhibit the lowest degree of root-orientation. Among topic expressions categorized in between, thematic topics exhibit higher degree of root-orientation than scene-setting topics. (2)Subordinate clauses tolerating topicalization constitute phases, whereas those which resist it do not. (3) Thematic and scene-setting topics interact with operator movement, whereas contrastive topics do not. (4) A thematic topic is licensed via a probe-goal relation postulated in the minimalist theory in generative grammar. (5) An element with extremely strong root-orientation occurs in Speech Act Phrase, which is unique to a root clause.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results)

  • [Journal Article] Anti-Topicalization in Embedded Contexts2017

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics

      Volume: - Pages: 219-230

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] On the Distribution of Speaker-Oriented Adverbs in Conditional Clauses2016

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Journal Title

      Beyond Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach, Proceedings of the 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: 全1巻 Pages: 430-449

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Embedded Main Clause Phenomena, Structural Reduction, and Intervention at the Periphery2015

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Journal Title

      Case and Agreement in Minimalism: Proceedings of the 17th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: 全1巻 Pages: 344-363

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] On Long-Distance Licensing of the Japanese Politeness Marker -Mas-2017

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIMOTO, Keisuke and Norio NASU
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 13
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Completeness of Clausal Structure as a Condition on Phasehood2016

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio and Keisuke Yoshimoto
    • Organizer
      Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics 9
    • Place of Presentation
      Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Brussels, Belgium
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the Distribution of Speaker-Oriented Adverbs in Conditional Clauses2016

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Organizer
      The 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar
    • Place of Presentation
      Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-02
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Anti-Topicalization in Embedded Contexts2016

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Formal Altaic Linguistics 12
    • Place of Presentation
      Central Connecticut State University, CT, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Topicalization in Japanese as a Main Clause Phenomenon in Disguise2016

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Organizer
      Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 8
    • Place of Presentation
      Mie University, Tsu
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] トピック,フォーカス,モダリティの相互関係について2015

    • Author(s)
      那須 紀夫
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第33回大会ワークショップ「周縁部の統語論と形態論」
    • Place of Presentation
      関西外国語大学,枚方市
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Embedded Main Clause Phenomena, Structural Reduction, and Intervention at the Periphery2015

    • Author(s)
      NASU, Norio
    • Organizer
      The 17th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-06
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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