| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Research Abstract |
It is assumed that syntactic movement, such as wh-movement, produces a chain that records the history of derivation. The purpose of this research project was to investigate the mechanism for the formation and the interpretation of chains, comparing operator movement, NP-movement, and Japanese scrambling. First, based on detailed research on binding and scope reconstruction, I proposed that chains are formed by copying all features of the moved item at the landing site, and then are interpreted by deletion of each feature either at the initial site or at the landing site. This proposal allows us to formulate the interpretive procedures for operator movement and NP movement in precise terms, and more importantly, enables us to amount for the complex pattern of reconstruction Japanese scrambling exhibits. In addition, it was shown in subsequent research that the different ways in which the three types of movement interact with ellipsis are also explained as a consequence of this proposal.
Further, I examined the differences between NP movement and scrambling with respect to the subjecthood of the moved item and its participation in agreement, and arrived at the conclusion that not only T but also vis equipped with an inherent EPP feature that triggers NP movement. I also investigated the topic and focus interpretation of the Japanese left periphery, in comparison with Italian, and demonstrated that the proposed mechanism of chain formation and interpretation is quite effective in the explanation of the discourse properties of sentences. Finally, based on the fact that Japanese completely lacks syntactic agreement, I presented a hypothesis that the presence/absence of agreement features not only influences movement operations but also determines whether argument ellipsis is possible in the language. This research is currently being developed into the next major project that I plan to undertake.
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