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A Study of Sentence Structures and Semantic and Discorse Interface: On Rhetorical Question and the Related WH-Constructions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02607
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionNagasaki University

Principal Investigator

INADA Toshiaki  長崎大学, 言語教育研究センター, 教授 (80108258)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 稲田 俊一郎  明治薬科大学, 薬学部, 講師 (10725386)
今西 典子  文京学院大学, 外国語研究科, 非常勤講師 (70111739)
西岡 宣明  九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 教授 (80198431)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords修辞疑問文 / インターフェイス / 多重WH疑問文 / 言語多様性 / 修辞疑問 / 多重WH疑問文 / WH-構文 / インターフェイス制約 / 否定疑問 / 言語機能
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To investigate the uniformity and variability of language, we examined the syntactic, semantic and discourse properties of Rhetorical Questions (RQ) and related WH-constuctions and clarified the following points. (1) There are significant differences between Japanese and English RQs, and the former allows more options of RQ and the related constructions. (2) The differences of Japanese RQ (JRQ) and English RQ (ERQ) can be reduced to the syntactic properties of the two language types: only the former type has the morph-syntactic marking and/or functional projections to meet the requirements of illocutinary forces including RQ and EQ (Echo-Question).(3) The differences of RQ interpretation in "multiple WH-questions" and "island effects" in JRQ and ERQ can be explained by the above properties and the interface conditions.(4) Cross-linguistic observations of RQs in other languages (Korean, Chinese, German, French, etc.) also indicates that the above approach is tenable.

Report

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

    (19 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Expressions that Contain Negation2017

    • Author(s)
      NISHIOKA, Nobuaki
    • Journal Title

      Handbooks of Japanese Syntax、M. Shibatani, S. Miyagawa and H. Noda (eds.) Mouton

      Volume: 1 Pages: 635-662

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Acquisition of Recursive Possessives and Locatives within DPs in Japanese2017

    • Author(s)
      INADA, Shunichirou, TERUNUMA, Akiko, ISOBE, Miwa, NAKAJIMA, Motoki, OKABE, Reiko, INOKUMA, Sakumi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 41st Annual Boston Yniversity Conference of Language Development, M. LaMendola and J. Scott (eds.) Cascadill Press, MA.

      Volume: 1 Pages: 626-636

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 日英語の修辞疑問の特性と統語制約2017

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊明・今西典子
    • Journal Title

      長崎大学言語教育研究センター論集

      Volume: 5 Pages: 1-18

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 主語の部分否定解釈の可能性について2017

    • Author(s)
      西岡宜明
    • Journal Title

      〈不思議〉に満ちたことばの世界(下)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 7-21

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Negative sensitive items and the discourse-configurational nature of Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Shigeru Miyagawa, Nobuaki Nishioka, Hedde Zeijlstra
    • Journal Title

      Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 1 (1)

      Volume: 33 Pages: 1-28

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] On Multi-dominance in Restrictive Relative Structures2016

    • Author(s)
      Shunichirou Inada
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Research: Working Papers in English Linguistics , University of Tokyo

      Volume: 31 Pages: 15-37

    • NAID

      120005856203

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 日英語の修辞疑問をめぐって2016

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊明・今西典子
    • Journal Title

      長崎大学言語教育研究センター論集

      Volume: 4 Pages: 1-23

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 主語対非主語の非対称性が示す言語多様性と言語普遍性2016

    • Author(s)
      山本将司・稲田俊明
    • Journal Title

      多文化社会研究

      Volume: 2 Pages: 1-23

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] On the Acquisition of Recursive Locative PPs2015

    • Author(s)
      Inada, Shun-ichirou and Inokuma Sakumi
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Research, University of Tokyo

      Volume: 30 Pages: 91-104

    • NAID

      120005616540

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 関係節の再構築と関係節内の再構築2018

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊一郎
    • Organizer
      ことばの構造と脳科学研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 修辞疑問文の特性と統語制約について2017

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊明
    • Organizer
      福岡言語学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 主語の位置と否定の作用域のラベリング2017

    • Author(s)
      西岡宣明
    • Organizer
      福岡言語学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] EPP, subject positions and ga/no conversion in Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Nobuaki Nishioka
    • Organizer
      Comparative Syntax and Language Acquisition(CSLA)#6
    • Place of Presentation
      南山大学、名古屋
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Relative Clauses in Child Language2016

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nakajima, Miwa Isobe, Reiko Okabe, Akiko Terunuma, Sakumi Inokuma, Shunichiro Inada and Terue Nakato
    • Organizer
      4th Bucharest Colloquium of Language Acquisition, Center for the Studies of Language Development and Linguistic Communication, University of Bucharest
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-30
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Acquisition of Recursive Possessives and Locatives within DPs in Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Terunuma, Terue Nakato, Miwa Isobe, Motoki Nakajima, Reiko Okabe, Shunichiro Inada, Sakumi Inokuma
    • Organizer
      41th Boston University Conference on Language Development
    • Place of Presentation
      Boston University, Boston
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 構造の再帰性に関する構文横断的研究2015

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊一郎
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会第151回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学(愛知県名古屋市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本語の主語と「が」「の」交替2015

    • Author(s)
      西岡 宣明
    • Organizer
      関西言語学会第40回記念大会ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学 (兵庫県神戸市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 外国語の非-常識-ことばの真実と謎を追い求めて-2018

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊一郎・小笠原真司・廣江顕・松元浩一・谷川晋一・徐佩伶・水本豪・團迫雅彦・隈上麻衣・古村由美子・丸山真純・大橋絵理・大谷英理果・奥田阿子
    • Total Pages
      181
    • Publisher
      英宝社
    • ISBN
      9784269770560
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] ことばを編む2017

    • Author(s)
      西岡宣明・福田稔・松瀬憲司・長谷信夫・緒方隆文・橋本美喜男
    • Total Pages
      448
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758922555
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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