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A Study of Labeling and Parametric Variation in Syntax

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13475
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionToyo University

Principal Investigator

Goto Nobu  東洋大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (50638202)

Research Collaborator ISHII Toru  
Blümel Andreas  
Myung-Kwan Park  
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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)
KeywordsMerge / Labeling / Search / Lexicon / Determinacy / ラベリング / パラメータ変異 / 併合 / 探査 / 原子要素
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study considers the problem of parametric variation interns of the theory of Merge with Labeling (Chomsky 2015). Specifically I investigated how parametric variation is explained only by the universally required structure-building syntactic operation Merge and the labeling algorithm that is assumed to play an important role at the interface for language design. As a result of this study, it turned out that head-like elements (elements like Case particles and Q-markers) in the lexicon can contribute to labeling when they are picked up by Merge as input, and that there is a possibility that the theory of Merge with labeling may be dominated by the principle of Determinacy.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Noam Chomskyが提唱するミニマリスト・プログラムの枠組みを採用し、世界中の人間言語が示す移動特性に対して、数少ない想定のみで、如何に統一的な説明を与えることができるのか、ということを研究した。その成果は、国内外での学会発表、および論文出版という形で広く社会に発信することができた。本研究は、高度に抽象化された言語理論を、実証的・経験的分析を通して精緻化することができたという点において、学術的意義を見いだすことができる。また、複雑な人間の認知システムを、シンプルな仮説群のみでどこまで説明可能かを探求しながら、一定の進展を与えることができたという点において社会的意義も見いだすことができる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Open Access: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 4 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Some Consequences of MERGE and Determinacy2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      LingBuzz

      Volume: 0 Pages: 1-58

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Taming Free Merge Further - Sub-Extraction and its Kin2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Andreas Blummel
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of WECOL 2018

      Volume: 23 Pages: 1-12

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Restricting n to Two: When Merge Requires Search2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Business Administration

      Volume: 91 Pages: 105-114

    • NAID

      120006458373

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Eliminating the Strong/Weak Parameter on T2017

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of GLOW in Asia XI, volume 2

      Volume: 2 Pages: 57-71

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] When and How Does Search Take Place?2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      The 45th Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG45)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Taming Free Merge Further - Sub-Extraction and its Kin2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Andreas Blummel
    • Organizer
      Western Conference on Linguistics 2018 (WECOL 2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Some Consequences of MERGE and Determinacy2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      The 11th International Spring Forum Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 併合の理論的研究:神経言語学との統合を目指して2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      国立障害者リハビリテーションセンター研究所
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Whether We Inherit or Not: A Unified Account of Pro-Drop and Topic-Drop2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      Workshop on "Current Issues in Comparative Syntax: Past, Present, and Future"
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Some Consequences of MERGE and Determinacy2018

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第11回Spring Forumワークショップ『Clarifying the Concept Workspace, revising Merge to MERGE, and identifying consequences』
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Notes on Search and Syntactic Visibility(探査の統一理論に向けて)2017

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会第89回大会ワークショップ『ラベル付けアルゴリズムを含むフェイズ理論について』
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Some Refinements of the POP System2017

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      慶應言語学コロキアム
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A Labeling-based Approach to Floating Numeral Classifiers in Korean and Japanese2017

    • Author(s)
      Myung-Kwan Park and Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      The 25th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 空項現象から見る言語の普遍性と多様性2017

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第35回大会ワークショップ『Externalization in Minimalist Syntax』
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks] 個人ホームページ

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/gotounobu/

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 大学ホームページ

    • URL

      http://ris.toyo.ac.jp/profile/ja.1500ead950115d80d096880b765418f4.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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