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Optimal syntactic derivation by simplest Merge: Its theoretical and empirical study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K16835
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionToyo University

Principal Investigator

Mizuguchi Manabu  東洋大学, 社会学部, 教授 (90555624)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords併合 / ラベル付け / 派生計算 / フェイズ / インターフェイス / 対併合 / 弱いラベル / A移動 / 循環性 / 節構造 / 派生計算理論 / 言語学 / 理論言語学 / 統語論 / 生成統語論 / 派生計算論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project, conducted in the framework of the minimalist program for linguistic theory, examined the derivational mechanism in syntactic computation through linguistic phenomena such as subject wh-movement, exceptional Case marking (ECM), scrambling in Japanese. The research endorses the argument that Merge is the core of the Faculty of Language, demonstrating that the operation works in the derivation abiding by the Strong Minimalist Thesis and that the properties of langauge emerge as the result of the interaction of Merge and interfaces.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、報告者が行ってきた研究を大きく発展させる形で、言語の諸特性が単純併合に収斂する統語理論を追求した。本研究は、言語に必要不可欠な併合に言語特性を帰することで余計な仮定を設けず、より原理的な説明を可能にする統語理論に接近しただけではなく、これにより、ヒトの本質を理解することにも繋がっていく。従って、本研究は、言語学における学術的側面のみならず、広く社会的な面においても意義があるものと考えられる。

Report

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

    (27 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 8 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 15 results)

  • [Journal Article] Ways of solving (counter-)cyclic A-movement in phase theory2019

    • Author(s)
      水口学
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Research 36.3: 325-363

      Volume: (36)3 Issue: 3 Pages: 325-363

    • DOI

      10.17250/khisli.36.3.201912.001

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Ambiguous Labeling and Full Interpretation2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Studia Linguistica

      Volume: 73 Issue: 3 Pages: 563-603

    • DOI

      10.1111/stul.12109

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Label Weakness and the EPP2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 12th Generative Linguistics in the Old World & the 21st Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: - Pages: 507-516

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Optional Raising and Labeling in ECM2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Western Conference on Linguistics 2018

      Volume: - Pages: 118-129

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Optional Raising in ECM and Labeling of XP-YP2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Generative Grammar

      Volume: 29 Issue: 2 Pages: 373-411

    • DOI

      10.15860/sigg.29.2.201905.373

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Scrambling to the Edge and the Locality of Movement2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 20th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: - Pages: 285-304

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Subject Extraction and Clause Size2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Florida Linguistics Papers 5.1: Proceedings of the Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting 4

      Volume: - Pages: 1-12

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Labelability and Interpretability2017

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Generative Grammar

      Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Pages: 327365-327365

    • DOI

      10.15860/sigg.27.2.201705.327

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Deducing Transfer from Merge2017

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 2017 annual conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association

      Volume: - Pages: 112-112

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] De-activation of Φ through Pair-Merge2016

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      English Linguistics

      Volume: 33 Pages: 108-118

    • NAID

      130007982543

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Simplest Merge, Labeling, and A'-Movement of the Subject2016

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Phase Theory and Its Consequences: The Initial and Recursive Symbol S

      Volume: - Pages: 41-83

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Pair-Merge and De-activation of T2016

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: - Pages: 373-393

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] A-Movement: Successive Cyclic or One Fell Swoop?2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Arizona Linguistics Circle 13
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Label Weakness and the EPP2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      The 12th Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW in Asia XII) & the 21st Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG XXI)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Weak T as a Label2019

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      The 2019 Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Syntax Workshop
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Subject Extraction and Clause Size2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Scrambling to the Edge and the Locali-ty of Movement2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      The 20th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Merge, Externalization and Subject Extraction2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Arizona Linguistics Circle 12
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Infinitival T and Its Labelability2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      The 8th International Conference on Formal Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Optional Raising and Labeling in ECM2018

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Western Conference on Linguistics 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Labeling in ECM and Its Implications for Phase Theory2017

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Manchester Forum in Linguistics (mFiL) 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Deducing Transfer from Merge2017

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      2017 Canadian Linguistic Association Meeting
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Interaction of Merge and Labeling: Consequences for Hyperraising2017

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL) 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Phase Theory through Labeling: Implications of ECM2017

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Prairie Workshop on Languages and Linguistics IV
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Pair-Merge and De-activation of T2016

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      The 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar
    • Place of Presentation
      西江大学(韓国)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] External Pair-Merge and Its Effects on C2016

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      Alberta Conference on Linguistics 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Calgary (Canada)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Label Weakness and Interpretability2016

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Organizer
      The 7th International Conference on Formal Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      南開大学(中国)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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