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Development of syntactic theory using a Minimalist Program-based computer model that generates sentences

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K02769
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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

Principal Investigator

GINSBURG JASON  大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80571778)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 松本 マスミ  大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10209653)
寺田 寛  大阪教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90263805)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords統語理論 / コンピュータモデル / 樹形図 / 併合 / 英語学 / 文法 / 生成文法 / 統語論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main purpose of this project was to develop a computer model that evaluates and tests recent work in the Minimalist Program. I successfully developed a computer program that automatically generates, without human error, the derivations of target sentences. These derivations, which primarily consist of syntactic trees, are printed in an easy-to-read format to HTML webpages, which have been made publicly available on the Osaka Kyoiku University server. This program can display, in compact format, syntactic trees for lengthy sentences with complex structures. The compact format is useful for examining the structures of these constructions. I have successfully added the following types of English constructions to this model: possessives, relative clauses, interrogatives, constructions with the theta-trace effect, expletive constructions, and clausal gerunds.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

統語理論の通常の研究においてコンピュータの計算能力を使用することなく、つまりコンピュータなしで大量の構文の構造を正確に調べることは基本的に困難である。本研究は言語学理論の研究にコンピュータの処理能力を導入し、構築したコンピュータプログラムは大量の英文の構造を正確に図式化でき、文が生成される全ての段階の樹形図を分かりやすい形で表示できる。そして、生成される構造のうち作成可能なものをインターネットで一般公開した。このモデルに取り入れた種類の構文(所有構文、関係節、疑問文、虚辞構文など)の構造を検証することにより、究極的に人間の言語機能を規制する脳内の「普遍文法」の解明に貢献できるものと思われる。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (29 results)

All 2022 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (8 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (9 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arizona(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arizona(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arizona(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arizona(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arizona(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research]

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Arizona(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research]

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] On the Selection of Clausal Complements in a Minimalist Framework2022

    • Author(s)
      GINSBURG, Jason; TERADA, Hiroshi; FONG, Sandiway
    • Journal Title

      大阪教育大学紀要

      Volume: 70 Pages: 109-120

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Japanese internally headed relative clauses and relabeling2018

    • Author(s)
      Sandiway Fong, Jason Ginsburg, Hiroshi Terada
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of The 13th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 13)

      Volume: 88 Pages: 319-324

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A relabeling analysis of English possessives2018

    • Author(s)
      Jason Ginsburg, Sandiway Fong
    • Journal Title

      Papers from the 35th Conference and the Tenth International Spring Forum of the English Linguistic Society of Japan: JELS 35

      Volume: 35 Pages: 211-216

    • NAID

      40021932275

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Extended shared labeling2018

    • Author(s)
      Ginsburg, Jason
    • Journal Title

      大阪教育大学英文学会者

      Volume: 63 Pages: 2334-2334

    • NAID

      40021488354

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Labeling of non-finite clauses2019

    • Author(s)
      Jason Ginsburg
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会関西支部第14回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The combinatorics of Merge and Workspace right-sizing2019

    • Author(s)
      Sandiway Fong, Robert Berwick, Jason Ginsburg
    • Organizer
      Biolinguistics Workshop 2019.
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] On Constraining Free Merge2018

    • Author(s)
      Jason Ginsburg, Sandiway Fong
    • Organizer
      関西言語学会第43回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Japanese internally-headed clauses and relabeling2017

    • Author(s)
      ギンズバーグ ジェイソン、Fong Sandiway 、寺田寛
    • Organizer
      The 13th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      国際基督教大学
    • Year and Date
      2017-05-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A relabeling analysis of English possessives2017

    • Author(s)
      ギンズバーグ ジェイソン、Fong Sandiway
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム(The English Linguistic Society of Japan Spring Forum)
    • Place of Presentation
      明治学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2017-04-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese internally headed relative clauses and relabeling2017

    • Author(s)
      Sandiway Fong, Jason Ginsburg, Hiroshi Terada
    • Organizer
      The 13th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A relabeling analysis of English possessives2017

    • Author(s)
      Jason Ginsburg, Sandiway Fong
    • Organizer
      The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ) 10th International Spring Forum 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Minimalist Parsing2019

    • Author(s)
      Robert Berwick, Edward P. Stabler
    • Publisher
      Oxford University Press
    • ISBN
      0198795084
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Minimalist Modeling

    • URL

      http://www.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp/~jginsbur/MinimalistModeling.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report 2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Tree Drawing Program

    • URL

      http://www.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp/~jginsbur/SynTrees.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Minimalist Machine

    • URL

      https://sandiway.arizona.edu/mpp/mm.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Minimalist Machine

    • URL

      https://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~sandiway/mpp/mm.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Syntactic Tree Drawing Program

    • URL

      http://www.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp/~jginsbur/SynTrees.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report 2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] TreeDraw

    • URL

      http://elmo.sbs.arizona.edu/sandiway/treedraw/documentation.html

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Minimalist Machine

    • URL

      http://www.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp/~jginsbur/MinimalistModeling.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Minimalist Machine

    • URL

      http://elmo.sbs.arizona.edu/sandiway/mpp/mm.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report 2016 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Treedraw

    • URL

      http://elmo.sbs.arizona.edu/sandiway/treedraw/documentation.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report 2016 Research-status Report

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